RFK Jr. moves to cut access to gender-affirming care for minors

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : Gender-affirming care is a range of social, psychological, behavioral and medical interventions designed to support a person in their gender identity, according to the World Health Organization.
41% : " Kennedy said that the Department of Health and Human Services is starting an administrative process to prohibit hospitals that provide children with what he called "sex-rejecting procedures" from participating in Medicare and Medicaid - a move that would affect virtually every hospital in the United States.
40% : * HHS is beginning an administrative process to prohibit hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for minors from participating in Medicare and Medicaid.
40% : The attorney general of New York says she will fight the new regulations.
28% : He also said the administration will attempt to stop Medicare from funding "sex-rejecting procedures," a move that could have nationwide ripple effects because commercial insurance companies generally choose what to reimburse based on Medicare's policies.

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