Source: Fox News
Summary
Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-La., is investigating whether taxpayer-backed health providers used federal support to provide gender transition-related services to minors. He has sent letters to two Rhode Island health care providers, Thundermist Health Center and Hasbro Children’s Hospital, asking for information on their services and whether they have received federal funding. Cassidy is also asking the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) about federal funding and liability protections for community health centers that provide these services.
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As expected, the matter has reached another stage.
Sen. Bill Cassidy is broadening scrutiny into federally supported health providers accused of providing puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones and related services to “vulnerable patients,” including minors. The senator’s probe focuses in part on a federal liability structure that can leave the government on the hook for defending certain malpractice claims. Cassidy argued that framework raises fresh accountability questions as detransition-related lawsuits mount nationwide.
The process has entered a familiar phase, with Cassidy’s investigation expanding scrutiny of these health centers to two more federally funded healthcare providers in Rhode Island.
Once again, the discussion returns to a familiar question: whether taxpayer money is being used to support gender transition-related services for minors.
Cassidy’s letters to Thundermist and Hasbro raise similar federal-funding questions, but focus on federal support available to children’s hospitals rather than Health Resources and Services Administration-funded community health centers.
The senator’s probe is part of a larger effort to restrict taxpayer support for providers that continue offering gender transition-related services to minors.
Cassidy’s investigation is expected to continue at an upcoming HELP Committee hearing, where he will focus on the risks of pediatric gender transition procedures and whether federal agencies have done enough to restrict taxpayer support for providers that continue offering them to minors.
Author: Evan Null
