The order halts the use of federal money to support gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth under 19 years old, and if fully implemented, the order would cut off government health insurance including Medicaid and TRICARE for the treatments. According to reporting from The Associated Press , some hospitals have paused some gender-affirming care for people under 19 while they evaluate how it might apply to them.
Specifically, this affects prescriptions and refills for hormone therapy or puberty blockers for gender-affirmation. If the medications are used for other conditions, they will not be affected. CHKD has never offered surgical treatments for gender-affirming care. A spokesperson for CHKD declined to answer how many patients the decision may affect. Fewer than 1 in 1, U. The study, published in JAMA Pediatrics , analyzed a large insurance claims database covering more than 5 million patients.
The children were ages 8 to 17, and adolescents with a gender-related diagnosis received puberty blockers and 1, received hormones from through Researchers found that no patients under age 12 were prescribed hormones. CHKD is one of several Virginia health institutions to suspend gender-affirming care for young people.
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