Early on a Thursday morning, while many of the countries are asleep or awake, they are home. Republicans Cut Medicaid, limit food aid, and sprint through federally funded, trillion dollar domestic policy packages with amazing escalations health care for Transgender People of all ages.
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A law called “big, beautiful bill” by the president Donald Trump Speaker Mike Johnson served as the shepherd and handed the house over a thin razor 215-214 votes. Rep. Thomas Massey, two Republicans. Kentucky and Warren Davidson Ohio I voted for everything Democrats I oppose that. Rep. Andy Harris MarylandFreedom Caucus chairs have now been voted.
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The bill extends Trump’s 2017 tax cuts and delivers billions of dollars to immigration enforcement and new spending for the Pentagon. But that’s done at a sudden human cost. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that 13.7 million people will lose their health insurance. LGBTQ+ People – Especially those who live with HIVpeople of color and low-income families have been hit hardest.
And there were two provisions that pointed transgender Americans head-on, buried deep in managerial revisions that were added hours ago. One removes all Medicaid and tip funds for gender-affirming care, including adolescent blockers, hormone therapy, and surgery. Any year. A second prohibition of these same services under the Affordable Care Act by excluded from the definition of “essential health benefits.”
This is the first time Congress has voted to enact a national ban on gender-affirming care.
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“Regardless of whoever personally feels about Trans People’s healthcare issues, those who should make these decisions should be able to agree that they are patients, healthcare providers and parents in the case of young people rather than politicians.” CaliforniaChairman of the Congressional Equality Caucus, a statement after the vote. “case GOP Tax fraud becomes law, with over 13.7 million Americans losing their health insurance. But that’s not an issue for Congressional Republicans. They need those cuts to pay for tax cuts for their fellow billionaires. The attack on the trans community is the cherry blossoms above them. ”
Health professionals across the country include all major professional bodies, from the American Academy of Pediatrics to the Endocrinology Society – confirmed that gender-affirming care is safe, evidence-based and life-saving. However, the House GOP ignored that consensus. LGBTQ+ Supporters say they weaponize government power over trans life.
“The bill shows that the true ultimate goal of the MAGA administration is to target all trans people and deny its existence. All target health programs that are disproportionately useful for the LGBTQ+ community.” Human Rights Campaign.
HRC president Kelly Robinson called the measure “cruel” and vowed to immediately grassroots pushback.
“If resources such as Medicaid and SNAP were not devastating enough, House Republicans added last-minute provisions to expand their attacks on access to best practice healthcare for transgender adults,” Robinson said in a statement. “These lawmakers have abandoned their members and when they return to their district, we know this: they’ll hear from us.”
LGBTQ+ people are overrepresented in almost every programme the bill cuts. More than one in five adults rely on Medicaid. The HRC points out that around 25% of LGBTQ+ adults are in poverty, compared to 16% of straight Cisgender adults. LGBTQ+ people have a higher rate of food insecurity and homelessness while being targeted by state-level bans on healthcare, books and speech.
American Civil Liberties Union It’s being tracked 575 Anti-LGBTQ+ Invoice In the US in 2025 alone.
The federal bill is now moving to the Senate, where the margin of passage will be slimmer. At least three Republican senators – Maine Susan Collins, Alaska’s Lisa Murkovsky, Jerry Moran Kansas – Already expressing concern about the impact of the bill on Medicaid and rural hospitals. hillReport. Senator Rand Paul Kentucky He announced he would vote no.
Still, Johnson urged his Senate colleagues not to unravel the vulnerable coalition he had gathered at home. Republican leaders hope to send the final bill to Trump’s desk by Independence Day.
This is a developing story.
Source: Advocate.com – www.advocate.com
