The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a series of actions Thursday meant to effectively ban transition-related medical treatments nationwide for those under age 18. Those moves include cutting off federal Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide those treatments and prohibiting Medicaid funding from paying for such care. Before the policies are enacted, they go through a lengthy rulemaking process. Groups such as the ACLU are already threatening lawsuits. Ste
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The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services unveiled a series of actions Thursday meant to effectively ban transition-related medical treatments nationwide for those under age 18. Those moves include cutting off federal Medicare and Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide those treatments and prohibiting Medicaid funding from paying for such care. Before the policies are enacted, they go through a lengthy rulemaking process. Groups such as the ACLU are already threatening lawsuits. Ste
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