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Dec
The Trump Administration released two proposed rules intentionally designed to make gender affirming care for young people impossible to access. In one rule, federal Medicaid reimbursement is banned for medical care provided to transgender patients under 18 and prohibits reimbursements through CHIP (Children’s Health Insurance Program) for transgender patients under 19. In the other rule, the administration is planning to block all Medicaid and Medicare funding for services at hospitals that provide gender affirming to young people.