Dr. Oz Strips Medicaid Funding For Controversial Procedures Causing ‘Permanent, Irreversible Harm’

President Donald Trump came into office with a broad agenda that included addressing the ongoing public debate over transgenderism — and in particular the push by some leftists to experiment on children with hormones and so-called gender-reassignment surgeries.

For his part, Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz reiterated the Trump administration’s stance in an unequivocal statement about Medicaid funding at the state level.

According to Breitbart:

“As a doctor and now CMS Administrator, my top priority is protecting children and upholding the law. Medicaid dollars are not to be used for gender reassignment surgeries or hormone treatments in minors – procedures that can cause permanent, irreversible harm, including sterilization,” Oz said in a written statement obtained by Breitbart News.

“We have

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