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TALLAHASSEE (LifeSiteNews) – The administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is moving to prohibit Medicaid coverage for transgender procedures and ban them for minors.
In a report released Thursday, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) concluded that Florida’s $36 billion Medicaid program should not include coverage for so-called “gender transition” drugs and surgeries, such as puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and mutilating “sex reassignment” operations.
The AHCA report determined that the procedures have not been proven safe or effective to treat gender dysphoria, a disorder that involves feelings of distress about one’s sex, and do not meet generally accepted professional medical standards (GAPMS). Treatments must conform to GAPMS to receive Medicaid coverage, according to the report.
“Available medical literature provides insufficient evidence that sex reassignment through medical intervention is a safe and effective treatment for gender dysphoria. Studies presenting the benefits to mental health, including those claiming that the services prevent suicide, are either low or very low quality and rely on unreliable methods,” states the report, signed by state deputy director for Medicaid Tom Wallace.
“Rather, the available evidence demonstrates
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