CMS ends federal Medicaid, CHIP funding for ‘sex-rejecting’ procedures on children
Caroline MolloyThe Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) funds will no longer pay for puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or “transgender” surgeries performed on children, according to an Aug. 11 Fox News report.
CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz told Fox that the rule aligns with the Trump administration’s commitment to “protect children from experimental and life-altering sex-rejecting procedures that carry serious long-term health risks and lack sufficiently reliable evidence of clinical benefit.”
“Children deserve our protection, not experimental interventions that pose serious risks and convey no proven benefits,” Oz said. “By cutting off federal funds for these sex-rejecting procedures, we’re following the science, saving taxpayer dollars, and, most importantly, protecting children from potentially irreversible harm so they can truly flourish.”
Medicaid and CHIP will continue covering mental health treatments for children experiencing gender dysphoria and other conditions, Fox reported.
