The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has decided not to finalize its most aggressive attempt to end gender-affirming care for youth across the country. This move abandons the previous threat to withhold Medicare and Medicaid funding from providers offering such care.

According to NPR, this decision marks a significant shift away from the policies proposed under the Trump administration's HHS, which sought to restrict access to gender-affirming treatments for young people.

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