The health system, which operates the region’s safety-net hospital, has not said whether it also is halting hormonal treatment.

The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.

The order mandates that federally run insurance programs exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for individuals under 19.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday restricting gender transition procedures for individuals under 19.

Daniel Barlow, executive director of the People’s Health & Wellness Clinic in Barre, which treats patients 18 and older, called the order “a dangerous escalation in the ongoing political attacks on transgender and nonbinary people, and we fear it will deny lifesaving care to Vermonters of all ages.”

President Donald Trump directed the federal government not to help with gender transitions for individuals under the age of 19 in an executive order.

Tricare has temporarily changed the approval process for referrals to specialists in its West region. (Defense Health Agency) Amid continuing problems with the transition to a new West Region ...

Federal agencies must stop disbursing financial assistance starting at 5 p.m. today under a new budget directive, threatening funding for providers and creating significant uncertainty for Medicaid payments to states.

Denver Health has suspended gender-affirming surgeries for minors to comply with President Trump's executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19.

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While it doesn’t constitute a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the executive order contains provisions that could have a chilling effect on health care providers around the country.

US President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday barring federal support for gender-affirming medical care for people under the age of 19, according to the White House. “It is the policy of the United States that it will not fund,