A last-minute addition to the Republican’s “big, beautiful bill” that passed early Thursday morning would prohibit Medicaid from covering transgender medical care for children and adults.
The previous version of the recently passed House bill has specific language to ban Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program from providing such treatments as puberty blockers, hormone treatments and body-altering procedures to minors. Republicans then expanded the ban through a manager’s amendment to include transgender patients of all ages.
The bill squeaked by early Thursday morning by a 215-214 vote with two Republicans and all Democrats voting against it. House Freedom Caucus Chair Andy Harris, R-Md., voted “present.”
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