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Judge Blocks Trump Funding Cuts, Restores Trans Youth Care

4/25/2026

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U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the Trump administration’s Kennedy Declaration, blocking the proposed Medicare and Medicaid funding cuts for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth.
Kasubhai denounced the declaration as an unlawful abuse of authority that threatens children’s health.
The decision allows hospitals to resume transgender-youth care and enables state attorneys general in California, Colorado and New York to enforce nondiscrimination laws against refusing providers.

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U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai vacated the Trump administration’s Kennedy Declaration, blocking the proposed Medicare and Medicaid funding cuts for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care to transgender youth.
Kasubhai denounced the declaration as an unlawful abuse of authority that threatens children’s health.
The decision allows hospitals to resume transgender-youth care and enables state attorneys general in California, Colorado and New York to enforce nondiscrimination laws against refusing providers.