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Texas AG Charges Doctors with Fraud Over Gender-Affirming Care
12/11/2025
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- Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton accused doctors May Lau and Brett Cooper of healthcare fraud for allegedly prescribing gender-affirming care to minors.
- State claims they falsified medical records and submitted deceptive Medicaid billing.
- This marks first time a U.S. state pursued fraud charges against providers for such treatments.
- Lau surrendered her medical license after relocating to Oregon.
- Cooper's case goes to trial in May.
