By Thelma Grimes | The Denver Gazette
Colorado on Wednesday filed yet another lawsuit against the Trump administration — this time to stop a new rule that prohibits Medicaid dollars from paying for transgender transition services for minors.
The question of transgender services has increasingly become a core election matter in Colorado. This November, residents will vote on two measures that implicate the question.
Phil Weiser, the attorney general and Democratic gubernatorial candidate, announced that Colorado joined a coalition of states challenging the Trump administration’s “attempt to prohibit states from using federal Medicaid funds for gender-affirming healthcare for low-income minors or some young adults.”
Last month, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued a rule saying states’ Medicaid plans must say they will not pay for “sex-rejecting procedures for children under 18.” The same rule applies to the Children’s Health Insurance Program, which is run by states but whose funds largely come from the federal government.
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