Virginia ends Medicaid coverage of gender-transition care for minors under federal rule
Virginia's Medicaid program stopped covering gender-transition treatment for minors Tuesday as a federal rule took effect barring the use of federal Medicaid and Children's Health Insurance Program dollars for such care. The rule does not prevent states from covering the services with state-only funds.
TL;DR
- Virginia's Medicaid program stopped covering gender-transition treatment for minors on Tuesday.
- A new federal rule bars the use of federal Medicaid and CHIP dollars for gender-transition care for minors.
- States are not prevented from using state-only funds to cover these services.