Vance & HHS are now accusing hospitals of fraudulently providing trans health care

HHS has released a report alleging hospitals mislabel gender-affirming care in ways that HHS says could amount to fraud for profit, and the findings are being used as the basis for new investigations nationwide. A Human Rights Campaign statement from president Kelley Robinson criticized the report, saying it relies on anti-trans assumptions and a panel of activists, and called it independent science in name only. The report, titled “Wolves in White Coats: How Doctors and Hospitals Pushed and Profited from the Fraud of ‘Gender Medicine,’” was released this week. Meanwhile, Vice President JD Vance, chair of a White House task force on eliminating fraud, sent letters to Attorney General Todd Blanche and HHS Inspector General T. March Bell instructing scrutiny of more than 200 hospitals and clinics for potential violations of federal statutes. The report focuses on billing code use, including claims that care is coded under “Endocrine Disorder, Unspecified,” and alleges pressured minors and patterns of anomalous billing.