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Public Health and Ethical Risks of Rollbacks on Medicaid Coverage for Gender-Affirming Care

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2025.12039

August 07, 2025 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses the public health and ethical risks that accompany the proposed federal bill to eliminate all federal funding for gender-affirming care under Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program.

Corresponding Author: Samuel Mann, PhD, RAND Corporation, 1200 S Hayes St, Arlington, VA 22202 (mann@rand.org).

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