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Trump orders end to Medicaid gender transition funding

Published Tuesday, August 11, 2026 · Updated August 12

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President Donald Trump has ordered Dr. Mehmet Oz, the administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), to halt the use of Medicaid funds for gender transition procedures for minors. This directive means that Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will no longer cover child sex-change hormones and surgeries.

What We Know — Key Points

  • President Donald Trump ordered Dr. Mehmet Oz, administrator of the US Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, to stop using Medicaid to fund gender transition procedures for minors.
  • The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) announced that Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will cease coverage for child sex-change hormones and surgeries.

What Is Claimed — Perspectives

Trump Administration Policy & Rationale
  • Fox News

    Fox News emphasized President Trump's direct order to Dr. Mehmet Oz to end Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors, citing Trump's rationale that these procedures cause "unthinkable and irreversible harm" to children. The coverage also highlighted the Trump administration's decision to protect children from "experimental and life-altering sex-rejecting procedures" and save taxpayer dollars, aligning with conservative concerns about such treatments.

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