FIRST ON FOX: American taxpayers will no longer be on the hook for child sex-change hormones or surgeries, as a key Trump administration agency announced Tuesday that Medicaid will stop funding such procedures and therapies.Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr.Mehmet Oz tells Fox News Digital that the decision to implement a rule pulling the funding is "consistent with [the Trump administration's] commitment to protect children from experimental and life-altering sex-rejecting procedures that carry serious long-term health risks and lack sufficiently reliable evidence of clinical benefit."CMS, an agency within the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), says taxpayer-funded Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) will also cease coverage of sex-change hormones and surgeries.Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F.
Kennedy Jr.and Center for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Dr.
Mehmet Oz attend an event about nutrition education, at the U.S.Department of Health and Human Services in Washington, D.C., U.S., June 8, 2026.
(REUTERS/Kylie Cooper)SEN HAWLEY WARNS IT WOULD BE 'UNCONSCIONABLE' IF BILLIONS OF TAXPAYER FUNDS FLOW TO TRANS KIDS’ SEX CHANGESThe rule will not affect mental health treatments for gender dysmorphia and other conditions, which will continue to be covered under Medicaid and CHIP.The move comes after years of what conservatives called 'woke' policies that opened avenues for federal funding of therapies and procedures to allow children to physically — and oftentimes permanently — transition from their biological sex before they could legally drive, get a tattoo or enlist in the U.S.Military."Children deserve our protection, not experimental interventions that pose serious risks and convey no proven benefits," Oz said.
"By cutting off federal funds for these sex-rejecting procedures, we’re following the science, saving taxpayer dollars, and, most importantly, protec...