{"id":2494159,"date":"2025-10-03T09:00:56","date_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-tax-dollars-are-funding-these-trans-medical-experiments\/"},"modified":"2025-10-03T09:03:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-03T13:03:23","slug":"your-tax-dollars-are-funding-these-trans-medical-experiments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/your-tax-dollars-are-funding-these-trans-medical-experiments\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Tax Dollars Are Funding These Trans Medical Experiments"},"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\">18<\/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%2Fyour-tax-dollars-are-funding-these-trans-medical-experiments%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=2494159&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--><p>The article discusses concerns about taxpayer funding for transgender medical procedures through Obamacare subsidies.Highlighting comments from former President Donald Trump, it emphasizes that Democrats&#8217; demands for government reopening include extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies, which currently cover gender-affirming care, including surgeries for minors.The article focuses on Colorado as an example, where insurers are required to cover a broad range of such treatments, with no clear age restrictions, and notes that 24 states have nondiscrimination laws mandating coverage of gender-affirming procedures. While the Trump administration attempted to limit federal funding for these treatments via a 2025 rule, legal challenges and potential future administrations may reverse these efforts. The author argues that only a legislative solution can <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >fully prevent federal funds<\/a> from supporting transgender medical care, warning that extending subsidies without addressing this issue effectively forces taxpayers to fund procedures that many find morally objectionable.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body body-md bdr-top-black pt-30\">\n<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12\">\n<figure class=\"article-thumbnail mb-30 mb-sm-60\">\n<div class=\"article-thumbnail-caption d-flex align-items-center justify-content-md-end label-xs mt-15\">         <i class=\"mdi mdi-camera me-10\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>         <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Image Credit<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pexels.com\/photo\/people-gathering-on-street-6054374\/\">oriel frankie ashcroft\/pexels<\/a>&nbsp; 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return false;\" title=\"Printer Friendly, PDF &amp; Email\"><span id=\"printfriendly-text2\" class=\"pf-button-text\"><i class=\"mdi mdi-printer\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/115253901757845391\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">social media post last week<\/a>, President Trump noted that what Democrats are demanding in exchange for their cooperation in reopening government would require <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crfb.org\/press-releases\/congress-should-not-add-15-trillion-debt-cr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">more than $1 trillion in spending<\/a> and &ldquo;force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery for minors.&rdquo; Indeed, taxpayers are <em>already<\/em> funding such surgeries via Obamacare subsidies &mdash; and Democrats have shut the government down as they demand that Covid-era <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2021\/03\/02\/how-democrats-covid-bill-gives-welfare-to-the-wealthy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">enhanced Obamacare subsidies<\/a>, which expire on Dec. 31, keep flowing to insurers covering these treatments.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Insurers Are Covering WHAT<\/strong>?<\/h2>\n<p>Take Colorado, which requires all insurers to cover so-called &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-normal-tim-walz-supports-10-year-olds-getting-transgender-care\/\" title=\"Watch: &#039;Normal&#039; Tim Walz Supports 10-Year-Olds Getting Transgender Care\">gender affirming care&#038;rdquo<\/a>; as an essential health benefit. The state&rsquo;s Division of Insurance <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.colorado.gov\/for-consumers\/consumer-resources\/special-insurance-topics\/lgbtq-health-care-rights\/gender-affirming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">lists<\/a> all the surgical and hormonal treatments that insurers cover. The list, which runs the gamut from facial feminization to gluteal implantation and implantation of testicular prostheses, includes treatments that many Americans would at best find wasteful and at worst consider morally objectionable and offensive:<\/p>\n<div class=\"fdrlst__b89e9-paragraph-2 d-flex justify-content-center\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center; \" id=\"fdrlst__b89e9-23099373\">\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1463670073398-0\" class=\"mb-30\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-scribd wp-block-embed-scribd\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"> <span class=\"Ay78m0e31kwSvSfZCWpkFgh7iKC9YfBQpOhlTsqOrMFEmaKizxUEuJLxGDLUHT5n6Dq0YX2McatrR21u3NR8\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Colorado Transgender Surgical Procedures Coverage\" class=\"scribd_iframe_embed\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/embeds\/926644275\/content\" data-aspect-ratio=\"1.2942779291553133\" scrolling=\"no\" id=\"926644275\" width=\"500\" height=\"750\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">          (function() { var scribd=document.createElement(\"script\"); scribd.type=\"text\/javascript\"; scribd.async=true; scribd.src=\"https:\/\/www.scribd.com\/javascripts\/embed_code\/inject.js\"; var s=document.getElementsByTagName(\"script\")[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(scribd, s); })()        <\/script><\/span> <\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Of particular note: Nothing on the Colorado website indicates that these treatments are only available to adults who have reached age 18, suggesting that insurers may be covering &mdash; and taxpayers may be paying for &mdash; procedures performed on minor children.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, Colorado is not an outlier. The Movement Advancement Project <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mapresearch.org\/img\/maps\/citations-nondisc-insurance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">notes<\/a> that 24 states have &ldquo;nondiscrimination&rdquo; provisions in their insurance markets. In these states, insurers that cover procedures like mastectomies for breast cancer must also cover the same procedure as part of so-called &ldquo;gender affirming care.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>When individuals receive Obamacare Exchange subsidies to defray the cost of their premiums for these insurance policies, taxpayers are funding these treatments. And if Congress extends the enhanced Exchange subsidies &mdash; as Democrats have shut down the government to force Republicans to do &mdash; they will throw more taxpayer dollars toward funding these treatments.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Executive Action Insufficient<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>In June, the Trump administration <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/FR-2025-06-25\/pdf\/2025-11606.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">finalized a rule<\/a> prohibiting states from including &ldquo;specified sex-trait modification procedures&rdquo; in their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bidens-covid-test-rule-could-cost-insurance-companies-up-to-20-billion-a-month\/\" title=\"Biden\u2019s COVID Test Rule Could Cost Insurance Companies Up To  Billion A Month\">essential health benefits<\/a>, beginning next year, in an attempt to prevent taxpayer dollars from being used to fund such procedures. <\/p>\n<p>While helpful, this action has inherent limitations: First, a coalition of blue states has already <a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.mad.287001\/gov.uscourts.mad.287001.1.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">filed suit challenging the rule<\/a>, and a court could at any time strike down the rule for the upcoming plan year. Second, the next Democrat administration almost certainly will take action to nullify the rule if courts do not do so sooner &mdash; and indeed, could end up <em>requiring<\/em> all states to include transgender interventions in their benefit packages. Third, money is inherently fungible. Any federal dollars that subsidize the non-transgender portion of premiums will by definition make the transgender portion more affordable.<\/p>\n<p>Therefore, the only complete solution is a legislative one: Congress should specify that no federal funds may flow to plans that cover transgender procedures. This position echoes that of the <a href=\"https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/pub-attachments\/15db750c-dbdd-4b7b-806f-b5129a6b22ae.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">pro-life community<\/a>, which has said for the 15 years since Obamacare&rsquo;s passage that no federal funds should go to plans that cover abortion.<\/p>\n<p>Some Republican lawmakers have <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2025\/09\/15\/mike-johnsons-obamacare-squishiness-could-expand-abortion-tourism-and-undermine-pro-life-laws\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">suggested<\/a> that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/punchbowl.news\/newsletter\/#__johnsononashutdownobamacaresubsidiesand2026__\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">political realities<\/a>&rdquo; may force them to pass some type of extension of the enhanced Obamacare subsidies. But lawmakers should recognize that voting for any type of subsidy extension without addressing the transgender issue legislatively would &ldquo;force Taxpayers to fund Transgender surgery,&rdquo; as President Trump rightly observed. Abandoning one of the key <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=3xzybGKwIGk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">issues that defined last year&rsquo;s election<\/a> &mdash; and giving taxpayer funds to treatments many Americans find morally objectionable &mdash; would bring with it political realities of its own.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\">\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">      Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group and author of the book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1645720020\">The Case Against Single Payer<\/a>.&#8221; He is on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjacobsHC\">@chrisjacobsHC<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-30 bdr-top-bold-black\">\n<div class=\"row g-0 align-items-center\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6\">\n<div class=\"article-author-profile d-flex align-items-center justify-content-center justify-content-md-start\">\n<div class=\"article-author-details\">\n<div class=\"label-md\">Christopher Jacobs<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-author-twitter label-sm d-flex align-items-center mt-10\">             <i class=\"mdi mdi-twitter me-5\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>             <span class=\"visually-hidden\">Visit on Twitter<\/span>            <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjacobsHC\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"text-decoration-none\">@chrisjacobsHC<\/a>           <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 d-flex justify-content-center justify-content-md-end mt-15 mt-md-0\">        <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/author\/cjacob\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">More Articles<\/a>     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"article-tags bdr-top-black mt-30 mt-sm-60 pt-15 pt-md-45\">\n<ul class=\"list-unstyled d-flex flex-wrap align-items-center mb-0 mx-n10 p-0\">\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/affordable-care-act\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Affordable Care Act<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/colorado\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Colorado<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/colorado-division-of-insurance\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Colorado Division of Insurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/essential-health-benefit\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">essential health benefit<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/genital-mutilation\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">genital mutilation<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/health-care-2\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">health care<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/health-insurance\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">health insurance<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/movement-advancement-project\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Movement Advancement Project<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/nondiscrimination\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">nondiscrimination<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/obamacare\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Obamacare<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/obamacare-exchange\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Obamacare Exchange<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/obamacare-subsidies\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Obamacare subsidies<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/opposite-sex-hormones\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">opposite-sex hormones<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/transgenderism\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">transgenderism<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"mt-10 mx-10\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/tag\/trump-administration\/\" class=\"btn btn-black btn-small\">Trump Administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Image Credit: oriel frankie ashcroft\/pexels. 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