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Trump directs CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to end Medicaid gender transition funding for minors
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
Trump directed CMS Administrator Mehmet Oz to end Medicaid funding for gender transition procedures for minors. Trump posted on Truth Social that he called the surgeries "barbaric." Oz has authority over the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which administers the Medicaid program.
