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CMS Halts Medicaid, CHIP Funding for Child Gender-Affirming Treatments

8/12/2026

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CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced Medicaid will stop funding child sex-change hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries.
The rule also ends CHIP coverage of those treatments.
Mental-health services for gender dysphoria stay covered by Medicaid and CHIP.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the policy follows a safety-concern review, uses the United Kingdom’s 2024 Cass Review, and allows a six-month transition for children currently on hormones.

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Story summary

CMS Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz announced Medicaid will stop funding child sex-change hormones, puberty blockers, and surgeries.
The rule also ends CHIP coverage of those treatments.
Mental-health services for gender dysphoria stay covered by Medicaid and CHIP.
HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said the policy follows a safety-concern review, uses the United Kingdom’s 2024 Cass Review, and allows a six-month transition for children currently on hormones.