# Trump administration bars federal Medicaid funds from covering gender identity care

https://mins.news/en/item/19594

- CNN, 2026-08-11 23:31 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/11/politics/trump-transgender-identity-healthcare?Date=20260811&Profile=CNN

> The Trump administration finalized a rule on Tuesday that prohibits Medicaid from paying for gender identity healthcare for children enrolled in the government’s low-income insurance program. The measure restricts how federal Medicaid funds can be used. Children in the program will no longer have that coverage for the specified care under the finalized rule.

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