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"In the early hours of Thursday morning, while much of the country slept or was waking up, House Republicans rammed through a sweeping multi-trillion-dollar domestic policy package that slashes Medicaid, restricts food assistance, and — in a stunning escalation — bans federally funded health care for transgender people of all ages. The legislation, dubbed the “big, beautiful bill” by President Donald Trump and shepherded by Speaker Mike Johnson, passed the House on a razor-thin 215-214 vote. Two Republicans, Reps. Thomas Massie of Kentucky and Warren Davidson of Ohio voted with all Democrats to oppose it. Rep. Andy Harris of Maryland, the Freedom Caucus chair, voted present.
And buried deep in a manager’s amendment added just hours before the vote were two provisions aimed squarely at transgender Americans. One strips all Medicaid and CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program) funding for gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries, not just for youth but for trans people of any age. A second bans coverage for those same services under the Affordable Care Act by excluding them from the definition of “essential health benefits.”"
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By supporting their attacks on transgenders using bathrooms and playing sports you give them license to destroy their lives.
Now, lets get on with those immigrant prisons.
And buried deep in a manager’s amendment added just hours before the vote were two provisions aimed squarely at transgender Americans. One strips all Medicaid and CHIP (the Children’s Health Insurance Program) funding for gender-affirming care, including puberty blockers, hormone therapy, and surgeries, not just for youth but for trans people of any age. A second bans coverage for those same services under the Affordable Care Act by excluding them from the definition of “essential health benefits.”"
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By supporting their attacks on transgenders using bathrooms and playing sports you give them license to destroy their lives.
Now, lets get on with those immigrant prisons.