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CMS Attempts to Use Medicare and Medicaid Conditions of Participation to Ban Hospitals from Providing Gender-Affirming Care to Minors
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On December 18, 2025, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) issued two proposed rules impacting the ability of providers to deliver gender-affirming care to minors—now termed “sex-rejecting procedures” by the federal government. 

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