EXCLUSIVE: Conservative Org Urges Trump Admin To Close Loophole Allowing Blue States To Fund Child Sex Changes
A conservative organization is urging the Trump administration to close a loophole that allows blue states to fund sex-rejecting procedures for minors. While commending the Department of Health & Human Services’…
A conservative organization is urging the Trump administration to close a loophole that allows blue states to fund sex-rejecting procedures for minors.
While commending the Department of Health & Human Services’ decision to bar hospitals that offer gender transitions to children from participating in Medicare and Medicaid, the conservative group Defend Forgotten America warns this alone “does not end the radical Biden HHS policies that funnel taxpayer dollars to these procedures.”
“For example, Washington State continues to operate a Medicaid program that allows, and receives federal reimbursement for, so-called ‘gender-affirming care,’ including surgeries and hormone treatments,” Defend Forgotten America Founder Jenn Pellegrino wrote in a Jan. 7 letter to HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz. “Now that the federal government rightly recognized that sex-rejecting procedures fail to meet professionally recognized standards of care for children and that taxpayer dollars should not support them, it’s time to also ensure that no state is permitted to exploit loopholes approved by the Biden administration.”
Washington’s policy was approved in 2024 by Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Director of the Financial Management Group Rory Howe.
The organization recommended that the Trump administration revoke approval for Washington state Medicaid to fund gender transitions, initiate a “comprehensive review of all state Medicaid plans,” and publicly report how much federal funding has been spent on treatments in states like Washington.
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