Mississippi Medicaid Comes Out Against 'Gender-Affirming Care' for Children
Missississippi policies reflect resistance to gender-affirming care and medical intervention.
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Missississippi policies reflect resistance to gender-affirming care and medical intervention.
Florida has authorized more than $1.3 million for legal fees in its effort to ban Medicaid coverage of treatments for transgender people
The Agency for Health Care Administration, which largely oversees the Medicaid program, is using the money for legal and expert-witness fees in its push to ban Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments.
Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has authorized more than $1.3 million for legal and expert-witness fees in the state’s effort to ban Medicaid coverage of treatments for transgender people.
Testimony concluded Thursday in a federal bench trial that will decide the constitutionality of Arkansas' first-in-the-nation ban on gender affirming health care for minors with a pediatric endocrinologist from St. Louis who said he has been studying the issue for 10 years and has concluded that until more is known, doctors who provide such care are doing so unethically.