CMS Says Medicaid Money Isn’t for Gender Reassignment in Minors

Centers for Medicaid & Medicaid Services Administrator Mehmet Oz says Medicaid dollars are not to be used for gender reassignment surgeries or hormone treatments in minors.

• Agency has a duty to ensure medical care is “lawful, necessary, and truly in the best interest of patients,” Oz says
• “Psychotherapy, not life-altering drugs, should be the first line of treatment,” Oz says
• CMS sent a letter to state Medicaid agencies urging them not to offer payments to fund such treatment for minors

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