Va. lawmakers, Spanberger grapple with loss of federal healthcare funds for trans youth

By: Charlotte Rene Woods

Outlets: Virginia Mercury

Published: October 15, 2026

Words: 925

Last Updated: 2 days, 20 hours ago

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Federal Medicaid and Children’s Health Insurance Program money can no longer be used for certain gender-affirming care to young people in Virginia and other states, after a new U.S. Department of Health and Human Services rule took effect on Oct. 13.

This means that people under 18 on Medicaid and under 19 on CHIP would lose that financial assistance, but Virginia’s chapter of the American Civil Liberty Union argues …

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