The order directs that federally-run insurance programs, including TRICARE and Medicaid, exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for those under 19.

Daniel Barlow, executive director of the People’s Health & Wellness Clinic in Barre, which treats patients 18 and older, called the order “a dangerous escalation in the ongoing political attacks on transgender and nonbinary people, and we fear it will deny lifesaving care to Vermonters of all ages.”

The order mandates that federally run insurance programs exclude coverage for gender-affirming care for individuals under 19.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday seeking to limit access to gender transition surgeries for people younger than 19, marking the president’s latest policy move against transgender rights.

President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday restricting gender transition procedures for individuals under 19.

President Donald Trump directed the federal government not to help with gender transitions for individuals under the age of 19 in an executive order.

WASHINGTON — President Trump signed an Executive Order Tuesday evening banning federal money from going toward child sex-change operations, referring to the procedures as “chemical and surgical mutilation” and calling the phenomenon of minors altering their sex a “dangerous trend.”

Denver Health has suspended gender-affirming surgeries for minors to comply with President Trump's executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19.

Federal agencies must stop disbursing financial assistance starting at 5 p.m. today under a new budget directive, threatening funding for providers and creating significant uncertainty for Medicaid payments to states.

President Trump signed an executive order aimed at cutting federal support for gender transitions for people under age 19.

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While it doesn’t constitute a national ban on gender-affirming care for minors, the executive order contains provisions that could have a chilling effect on health care providers around the country.