Medical Groups Promote Concealing ‘Gender-Affirming Care’ for Minors from Insurers, Watchdog Group Says

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Demonstrators gather for a rally in support of trans youth at Seattle Children’s hospital in Seattle, Wash., February 8, 2025.

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Prominent medical organizations have promoted skirting coding guidelines to conceal restrictions on “gender-affirming care” for minors by miscoding sex-change procedures as routine endocrine care, according to a report from a medical watchdog group.

“There is significant evidence showing that many of the organizations involved in the child transgender industry have (at the very least) promoted alternative billing practices to secure insurance reimbursement,” the report, released Thursday, reads.

Kamden Mulder

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Kamden Mulder

Kamden Mulder is a William F. Buckley Jr. Fellow in Political Journalism. She is a graduate of Hillsdale College.

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