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Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care

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Per NPR, the Department of Health and Human Services will not finalize its attempt to end gender-affirming care for transgender youth nationally. The agency had threatened to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over such treatment, but is now abandoning that threat.

Source: https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-...

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