{"id":1501073,"date":"2022-06-02T11:14:40","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:14:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501073"},"modified":"2022-06-02T11:14:48","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:14:48","slug":"scoop-florida-medicaid-deems-experimental-mutilative-sex-surgeries-hormones-insufficiently-safe-for-coverage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scoop-florida-medicaid-deems-experimental-mutilative-sex-surgeries-hormones-insufficiently-safe-for-coverage\/","title":{"rendered":"Scoop: Florida Medicaid Deems \u2018Experimental\u2019 Mutilative Sex Surgeries, Hormones Insufficiently Safe For Coverage"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscoop-florida-medicaid-deems-experimental-mutilative-sex-surgeries-hormones-insufficiently-safe-for-coverage%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1501073&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/1280px-Dylan_At_Pride.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A new report out from Florida Medicaid finds that \u201cpuberty suppression, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures\u201d used to treat gender dysphoria \u201cdo not conform\u201d to generally accepted professional medical standards, which is a condition of coverage. The announcement, which emphasizes the dangers for minors but applies to Florida Medicaid in general, comes on the heels of Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo\u2019s guidance <a href=\"https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/_documents\/newsroom\/press-releases\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-guidance.pdf?utm_source=floridahealth.gov&#038;utm_medium=referral&#038;utm_campaign=newsroom&#038;utm_content=article&#038;url_trace_7f2r5y6=https:\/\/www.floridahealth.gov\/newsroom\/2022\/04\/20220420-gender-dysphoria-press-release.pr.html\">rejecting<\/a> such damaging procedures in April.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a condition of coverage, sex reassignment treatment must be \u2018consistent with generally accepted professional medical standards (GAPMS) and not experimental or investigational,\u2019\u201d as determined by the deputy secretary for Medicaid, explains today\u2019s report, an advance copy of which was provided to The Federalist.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAvailable medical literature provides insufficient evidence that sex reassignment through medical intervention is a safe and effective treatment for gender dysphoria,\u201d the report concludes. Accompanying the document are multiple analyses by medical experts highlighting the concerns and dangers of cross-sex hormones and mutilative genital surgeries, particularly in children.<\/p>\n<p>The report also concludes that \u201cthe available evidence demonstrates that these treatments cause irreversible physical changes and side effects that can affect long-term health.\u201d It goes on to list the irreversible or potentially irreversible effects of cross-sex hormones, including facial and body hair growth, male pattern baldness, a deepening voice, and an enlarged clitoris for females taking male hormones, and breast growth, infertility, and sexual dysfunction for males taking female hormones. The irreversible effects of surgical interventions, such as elective mastectomies or genital amputations, are obviously far higher.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[T]reatments that pose irreversible effects should not be utilized to address what is still categorized as a mental health issue,\u201d the authors note, adding that \u201cuntil 2013, the APA considered having gender identity issues a mental disorder by itself,\u201d and citing studies that indicate \u201cindividuals with gender dysphoria have high rates of anxiety and depressive disorders with results ranging as high as 70% having a mental health diagnosis.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFollowing a review of available literature, clinical guidelines, and coverage by other insurers and nations, Florida Medicaid has determined that the research supporting sex reassignment treatment is <strong>insufficient to demonstrate efficacy and safety<\/strong>,\u201d the report concludes (all emphasis mine). \u201cConsidering the weak evidence supporting the use of puberty suppression, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures when compared to the stronger research demonstrating the permanent effects they cause, <strong>these treatments do not conform to GAPMS and are experimental and investigational<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The report signals that these procedures, many effects of which are irreversible, could be refused coverage by Florida Medicaid.<\/p>\n<p>Eight other states \u2014 Arizona, Nebraska, Texas, Missouri, Arkansas, Ohio, Tennessee, and Georgia \u2014 already exclude puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and surgical interventions from state Medicaid coverage. In Europe, the United Kingdom\u2019s National Health Service commissioned a study that \u201cindicates that additional research and systematic changes are necessary to ensure the safe treatment of gender dysphoric youths,\u201d as the Florida report notes. NHS also updated its online guidance from a full endorsement of \u201cfully reversible\u201d hormone suppressors to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.spectator.co.uk\/article\/the-nhs-has-quietly-changed-its-trans-guidance-to-reflect-reality\">acknowledge<\/a> that \u201cLittle is known about the long-term side effects of hormone or puberty blockers in children with gender dysphoria.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<p>\n  Elle Reynolds is an assistant editor at The Federalist, and received her B.A. in government from Patrick Henry College with a minor in journalism. You can follow her work on Twitter at @_etreynolds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new report out from Florida Medicaid finds that \u201cpuberty suppression, cross-sex hormones, and surgical procedures\u201d used to treat gender dysphoria \u201cdo not conform\u201d to generally accepted professional medical standards,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":500,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1501073","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501073","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/500"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1501073"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1501073\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1501073"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1501073"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1501073"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}