Tag: transgender treatments

Court Strikes Down Florida Rule Banning Medicaid For Transgender Treatments

A U.S. court has struck down Florida’s ban on Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments even as the state’s regulator for the health insurance program warned that such procedures can result in harm. In August, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) adopted a rule that prohibited transgenders in the state from using Medicaid to…


Florida Rule Banning Medicaid for Transgender Treatments Blocked by US Judge

Florida’s ban on Medicaid coverage for transgender treatments was struck down by a federal judge, even as the state’s regulator for the health insurance program warned that such procedures can result in harm. In August 2022, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) adopted a rule that prohibited state residents from using Medicaid to…


Louisiana Senate Passes Revived Bill Banning ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Trans Minors

Lawmakers in the Louisiana state Senate passed a bill on Monday to ban hormone therapies, puberty blockers, and sex change surgeries for minors. House Bill 648, known as the “Stop Harming Our Kids Act,” was revived after having been killed by the Senate Health and Welfare Committee last month. It will now return to the House…


Sweden Breaks With Trans-Health Group Following Alterations in Child Sex Change Guidelines

Health authorities in Sweden are moving away from the recommendations of the World Professional Association of Transgender Health (WPATH) regarding child sex change surgeries. In a Dec. 14 article published in the Swedish medical journal Läkartidningen, pediatrician Mats Reimer points out that WPATH Standards of Care 8 (SOC8) guidelines that were released earlier this year…