WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Sen. Edward J. Markey issued the following press release:
Senator Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Subcommittee on Primary Health and Retirement Security and Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden, (D-Ore.) today led a group of Senate Democrats in calling on the Trump administration to withdraw two proposed regulations that would place unprecedented restrictions on health care providers and hospitals from providing evidence-based medical treatment for gender dysphoria to young Americans.
If finalized, these proposed rules would condition hospital participation in the Medicare and Medicaid programs on not providing gender-affirming care for minors, an...