Progressive Politics

Trump says "Fuck the Youth"

He really means it, literally.

the backward sprint continues.

Oh, look, they are testing the waters to see if they can ban abortion federally next.

Since the headline is unclear, here's what it says:

NPR has obtained the draft text of a proposed rule that would prohibit federal Medicaid reimbursement for medical care provided to transgender patients younger than age 18. It also prohibits reimbursement through the Children's Health Insurance Program or CHIP for patients under age 19.

An additional proposed rule would go even further, blocking all Medicaid and Medicare funding for any services at hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care.

The current rule "merely" ends federal funding for GAC through Medicaid, and the proposed rule is de facto banning it since hospitals rely on federal funding:

The proposal to condition a hospital's participation in Medicaid and Medicare on halting gender-affirming care for youth represents an "unprecedented" use of the executive branch's power to control what medical care is available in hospitals, says Keith.

"Because Medicare is such a significant portion of many hospitals' revenue," she explains, the rule would essentially force hospitals to end their gender care programs for transgender youth. That would mean all of those programs' patients — whether they have Medicaid or private insurance — would lose access.