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$3.6 million. That's everything MassHealth spent on gender-affirming care for every person under eighteen in the state, for a whole year. Roughly a suburban high school's athletic budget.

The federal rule takes it away on the 13th of October. Massachusetts looked at its Affirming Health Care Trust Fund and said fine — we'll eat the cost.

Eight and a half million in a trust fund isn't a moral victory. It's a levee. One state can carry this. One state should not have to.

Which governor is next?

Today's Gathering → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch#queerisms-where-are-we-today?utm_source=PixelFed&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS

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$3.6 million. That's everything MassHealth spent on gender-affirming care for every person under eighteen in the state, for a whole year. Roughly a suburban high school's athletic budget.

The federal rule takes it away on the 13th of October. Massachusetts looked at its Affirming Health Care Trust Fund and said fine — we'll eat the cost.

Eight and a half million in a trust fund isn't a moral victory. It's a levee. One state can carry this. One state should not have to.

Which governor is next?

Today's Gathering → https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-is-dying-and-we-all-get-to-watch#queerisms-where-are-we-today?utm_source=PixelFed&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS

This is reader-funded — no oligarch, no ad network: thistleandmoss.com/upgrade?utm_source=PixelFed&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=fedica-Wendy-New-RSS

#TransRights #Trans #LGBTQ #QueerNews #Healthcare #Massachusetts #Pride #Solidarity #Resist #News #Politics #Community #Photography #Journalism #TransYouth