HHS abandons plan to withhold Medicare, Medicaid over trans care

This is huge! The Trump administration is abandoning its plan to withhold Medicaid funding from hospitals that provide gender affirming care to trans youth under 19. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

NPR reports that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing a proposed rule that would have blocked all Medicaid and Medicare funding for hospitals that provide pediatric gender-affirming care. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

Hugely good news. HHS will NOT go forward with a rule blocking Medicaid and Medicare funding for hospitals that provide gender affirming care for minors.

BREAKING: After nearly 20,000 HRC members and supporters spoke up, Trump's HHS walked back a proposal to restrict health care for trans youth at hospitals nationwide. While too many states still ban lifesaving health care, this is a huge signal of our movement's ability to FIGHT BACK.

Huge news: NPR reports that the Trump administration has abandoned its proposed "nuclear weapon" against trans youth care—a rule that would have pulled *all* Medicaid and Medicare funding for *all* patients from hospitals that provided gender-affirming care for minors www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

louder in the back so all the bigots hear it: "Major U.S. medical groups say that puberty blockers and sex hormones are safe and can be effective for transgender young people." #TransRightsAreCivilRights www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

A couple of additional notes around the Center for Medicaid Services (CMS) rule reporting that came out today. 🧵 Article again, for those who need it for context. www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

Trump's HHS backs off most radical effort to stop healthcare for trans youth : NPR www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

"Trump's HHS abandons threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding over trans care"

Report: #TrumpAdministration backs off one its most brutal attacks on care for #trans people. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs ##GenderAffirmingCare

www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n... The trump administration is abandoning its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally, according to an official document obtained by NPR….

We must do everything possible to root these people and their Quislings out. Access to medical care is a human right. https://www.npr.org/2026/07/13/nx-s1-5888586/transgender-gender-affirming-care-medicare-medicaid-hhs

The Trump administration has dropped plans to block Medicare and Medicaid funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for minors, abandoning its most sweeping proposed federal restriction, according to an NPR-obtained HHS document. #Healthcare #LGBTQ www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...

NPR has learned that the Department of Health and Human Services will not be finalizing its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth nationally.

Some good news for Monday. University of Michigan, now is the time to do the right thing. #michmed #ProtectTransKids www.npr.org/2026/07/13/n...