Trump Ends Medicaid Funds for 'Barbaric' Transgender Meds and Mutilation on Minors

Newsmax Wires : Aug 12, 2026
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The rule, which is scheduled to take effect Oct. 13, would prohibit federal funding through Medicaid and the Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) from being used for treatments including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and gender-transition surgery...

[Newsmax.com] The Trump administration said Tuesday it plans to implement a rule that will end the use of federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program funding for gender-transition medical care for children and adolescents. (Image: Pexels)

President Donald Trump announced the move on Truth Social...

"Today, at my direction, Dr. Mehmet Oz announced that Medicaid will NO LONGER fund gender transition surgeries and hormones for minors," Trump wrote. "We are not going to pay for our innocent children to undergo these barbaric surgeries and practices, which result in unthinkable and irreversible harm to their young bodies."... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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