""Even when you know it's coming, it still hurts,""
""I know that those people want to do the right thing. I also know that they're facing difficult choices with the threat of losing hundreds of millions of dollars, affecting thousands and thousands of people," Ford said."
""We have always existed. Trans people have existed since the dawn of time. We are included in the earliest writings known to man," Mahogany said."
HHS Secretary Robert Kennedy Jr. announced a proposal to prohibit hospitals from providing gender-affirming specialty care as a condition for receiving Medicare and Medicaid funding. The proposal would also prevent patients from using Medicaid to pay for gender-affirming care and would pressure hospitals by withholding federal funds. Advocates warn that the policy could make accessing gender-affirming care nearly impossible for many transgender youth and families, including those in the Bay Area. Community leaders described emotional harm and predicted difficult choices for providers. The Transgender Law Center expects multiple lawsuits in response to the proposal.
Read at ABC7 San Francisco
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