The Biden administration wants taxpayers to fund gender transitions for children

Published December 4, 2022 12:00am ET



In a move that would surprise absolutely no one, the Biden administration is preparing to argue that gender transitions for children should be taxpayer funded.

In response to a question submitted by Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) about whether “taxpayers should pay for chemical castration and sex-change operations,” Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra wrote that “all children and adults should be afforded life-saving, medically necessary care” and that “payers, both public and private, should cover treatments which medical experts have determined to be medically necessary.”
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