Proposed legislation behind the impending US government shutdown contains provisions that would ban federal funding for transgender adults, as well as youngsters.
Proposed legislation behind the impending US government shutdown contains provisions that would ban federal funding for transgender adults, as well as youngsters.
I can’t take this headline at face value due to the source and their propensity to lie by omission.
“All trans health care” sounds like it’s not really all trans health care, but it’s something transpeople don’t want to lose so they’re going to lie and make it seem like more than it is.
Yeah, that’s not the same as “banning all trans health care.”
These people hurt themselves more when they do this. Be honest and sincere in journalism; not some influencer trying to drum up hype.
This is bad enough without journalists lying about it.
You do realize that almost all hospitals in the U.S. receive federal funds in the form of medicare and medicaid reimbursements, right? And the feds are threatening to pull all federal funding from hospitals that treat trans people, thereby creating a chilling effect. So while the headline is slightly misleading, it’s really not far off the mark.
If passed, this would effectively ban trans healthcare. It would cut funding to any hospital or medical facility that provides gender affirming care. That means only private practices would be able to offer gender affirming care, and most of them would probably have to stop providing it. If they continued to, they would be ineligible to receive payment from medicare or medicaid for any other patients they see, not just the trans ones. The administration is talking about labeling all trans people as terrorists, why would you think they wouldn’t ban trans healthcare with a smile on their shitty faces?