To cut funding to hospitals providing treatments related to sex change In children and adolescents, his government is oriented Donald Trump.
According to today’s (30.06.2025) Wall Street Journal publication, in May the centers for the Medicare & Medicaid (CMS) services sent a letter to some hospitals that carry out “redefinition and gender change in children”, with the Centers to talk about concerns about the standards and profits related to interventions.
The CMS asked hospitals to respond within 30 days – a deadline expired last Saturday.
In the letter, CMS Commander Dr. Mehmet Oz – the famous doctor appointed by President Trump – said that The government will not “close its eyes to processes that do not have a solid basis for evidence and can cause lifelong damage”.
Nine pediatric hospitals received letters from CMS that required data on gender change surgery, hormone therapy and adolescence inhibitors, WSJ said.
Some hospitals re -examine or close gender -related care programs, citing CMS research and the possible loss of federal funds, the report added.
The Ministry of Health and Human Services and the White House did not immediately respond to Reuters’ requests for commentary.