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Fewer Than 0.1 Percent of Teens Receive Gender-Affirming Care, Study Shows

transgender healthcare is very low.The study analyzed a large insurance claims database with over 5 million patients aged 8 to 17 between 2018 and 2022, and included insurance plans in all 50 states.No patients under age 12 were prescribed hormones. The study does not cover Medicaid patients and did not examine surgical procedures, which other research shows are extremely rare among minors.The Supreme Court is set to rule on a Tennessee case concerning gender-affirming care later this year.Tennessee, with over 20 other states in support, have banned minors' access to puberty blockers, hormone therapy or sex change surgery and say it is harmful to young people.Parents of transgender children and teens, allied with the Biden administration, say that young people should be allowed to use puberty blockers, hormones and, if needed, surgery to align with their gender.Landon Hughes, Harvard public health researcher and lead author said: "We are not seeing inappropriate use of this sort of care...
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Reports of treatment being refused or withdrawn are on the rise – and no official figures exist to track the issue.
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