Trump directs CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to end Medicaid gender transition funding for minors

Trump has directed CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to terminate Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors, describing such surgeries as barbaric on Truth Social. While this new rule does not explicitly ban the medical procedures themselves, it eliminates the federal financial support that previously made gender-affirming care accessible to millions of low-income children. This policy shift focuses specifically on removing federal funding rather than implementing a total legal prohibition of the care provided to minors.