The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration, cowing to the shamelessly discriminatory DeSantis Administration, announced a rule change that will — contrary to all medical best practices — deny gender affirming care to Floridians of all ages who rely on Medicaid. The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) — the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) civil rights organization — denounced this blatantly political move that will take decisions about best care practices out of the hands of medical professionals and patients.
“This new rule is the latest example of the DeSantis Administration shamefully targeting transgender Floridians,” said Sarah Warbelow, Human Rights Campaign Legal Director. “The Governor’s administration thinks it knows better than the residents and medical providers of Florida. The purported rationale behind these latest moves to deny medical care to transgender people has been thoroughly debunked time and time again since this effort first surfaced publicly in April. Rather than following the science, the data or the experts, the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration instead chose to misinterpret studies, ignore evidence, and lend credence to prejudice – yet again putting the state between patients and doctors for no reason other than political grandstanding. This rule will harm thousands of Floridians when it goes into effect, and it should be reevaluated immediately.”
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