CMS to end Medicaid, CHIP funding for pediatric gender-affirming care

A new CMS final rule will prevent federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program funding from going toward gender-affirming care for youths. The rule, which Becker’s reviewed Aug. 11, will go into effect Oct. 13. It blocks states from using Medicaid federal matching funds for puberty blockers, gender-affirming hormone therapy and related surgeries, such as mastectomies […] The post CMS to end Medicaid, CHIP funding for pediatric gender-affirming care appeared first on...