MicroWaveSep 29, 2025

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned

https://lemmy.world/post/36660427

Trump threatens to shut down US government unless all trans health care is banned - Lemmy.World

Proposed legislation behind the impending US government shutdown contains provisions that would ban federal funding for transgender adults, as well as youngsters.

Show threaditztalal

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.

Sigh. Let me do some research and update this with what’s really happening.

Sep 30 at 2:40pmWeb
Show threadwittenSep 30
You do realize that almost all hospitals in the U.S. receive federal funds in the form of medicare and medicaid reimbursements, right? So while the headline is slightly misleading, it’s really not far off the mark.
Show threadBad_EngineeringSep 30
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?