Listen up, folks, because this one’s a doozy straight out of the fever dreams of the elite coastal clowns who’ve been running the show. You’ve got hardworking Americans scraping by, paying taxes through the nose, and what does the government do with that cash? Shell out over $118 million on so-called “gender-affirming” procedures for kids – we’re talking puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, and even surgeries that leave permanent scars. Yeah, that’s right: Medicaid, the program meant to help the poor with real medical needs, blew through that pile of dough from 2019 to 2023 on experimental junk science that’s got more red flags than a Soviet parade. And when you toss in the Children’s Health Insurance Program, the total hits $135 million. This isn’t compassion; it’s child abuse wrapped in a rainbow flag, and it’s high time we point fingers at the idiots who let it happen.
The Ugly Numbers: A Taxpayer-Funded Horror Show
Let’s break it down, because the devil’s in the details, and these details will make your blood boil. From 2019 to 2023, Medicaid alone coughed up $118,338,255 on this nonsense for minors – kids as young as 8 getting pumped full of drugs that mess with their natural development. Here’s the breakdown:
- Puberty blockers: $109,135,969. That’s the lion’s share, folks – chemicals that halt kids’ bodies from growing up normally, leading to brittle bones, infertility, and a lifetime of regret.
- Cross-sex hormones: $4,925,656. We’re talking testosterone for girls and estrogen for boys, turning healthy bodies into science experiments.
- Surgeries: $4,277,630. Yeah, actual operations – mastectomies, hysterectomies, you name it – on teenagers who can’t even vote or buy a beer.
The Children’s Health Insurance Program piled on another $17,281,530, with similar splits: $15,949,519 on blockers, $609,010 on hormones, and $727,001 on surgeries. Total federal share? $86,066,074 of your money and mine. Usage rates tell the story too – 28.4 per 100,000 natal females aged 8 to 17 got hormones, compared to 15.7 per 100,000 natal males. Puberty blockers hit 6.9 per 100,000 girls and 5.7 per 100,000 boys. Surgeries were rarer but still happened: 0.22 per 100,000 for 13- to 14-year-olds and 3.44 per 100,000 for 15- to 17-year-olds. Spending ramped up year by year, peaking in 2023 at around $31 million just for that single year on kids under 18.
This isn’t some fringe outlier; it’s a steady climb that screams policy failure. By 2023, most of the cash – 76% – came from states that hadn’t wised up and banned this stuff yet. Inpatient surgeries alone racked up $180,553, outpatient $2,184,142, professional services for hormones $4,753,482, and prescription drugs a whopping $23,477,588. And get this: two-thirds of the 2023 spending was on 15- to 18-year-olds, with 92% non-surgical. But non-surgical doesn’t mean harmless – these drugs wreck lives long-term.
How the Hell Did This Happen?
Flash back to the Obama-Biden glory days when they jammed through the Affordable Care Act, bloating Medicaid like a tick on a hound. Enrollment exploded, and with it came the pressure to cover every trendy “treatment” under the sun. Fast-forward to the Biden sequel from 2021 to 2025, where the feds turned a blind eye while blue states dove headfirst into this madness. Guidelines got twisted, regulations relaxed, and suddenly, taxpayer dollars were flowing to clinics pushing irreversible changes on confused kids. No rigorous checks, no long-term studies – just a rush to affirm whatever fad the cultural commissars decreed. Meanwhile, red states started slamming the door shut, with 27 banning Medicaid coverage for these procedures by late 2025. But the damage was done: billions in expanded Medicaid meant more kids caught in the crossfire of this ideological war.
The Real Villains: Libs, Quacks, and Bureaucratic Enablers
Who’s got blood on their hands? Start with the Democrats who built this monster. They expanded Medicaid to cover millions more, then looked the other way while it funded kid-chopping factories. Blame the woke doctors and hospital admins who prioritized virtue-signaling over “do no harm” – cashing checks while ignoring the mounting evidence of harm, like infertility, bone loss, and regret rates that skyrocket once the hype wears off. And don’t forget the federal bureaucrats under the last regime who rubber-stamped this, letting states rack up the bills without a peep. This was no accident; it was a deliberate push to normalize the abnormal, all while patting themselves on the back for “inclusivity.” America First means protecting our kids from this garbage, not subsidizing it.
Slamming the Door: The Recent Wake-Up Call
Thank God for sanity returning. In December 2025, the House passed the Do No Harm in Medicaid Act, set to slash $445 million in wasteful spending over the next decade by banning federal funds for these procedures on minors. That same month, the administration dropped proposed rules to prohibit federal Medicaid and CHIP dollars from bankrolling this for kids under 18 (or 19 for CHIP). Estimated savings? $318 million total over 10 years, with $188 million federal. Hospitals performing these “sex-rejecting” procedures – code for mutilating healthy bodies – would lose Medicare and Medicaid funding altogether, forcing them to choose: kids or cash. By February 2026, revelations from a Congressional Budget Office analysis laid it all bare in a medical journal, confirming the $118 million Medicaid tab and sparking outrage. This is the fight-back we need – no more using poor families as guinea pigs for elite experiments.
Bottom line: This $118 million fiasco wasn’t just a waste; it was a betrayal. Kids deserve real help, not ideological scalpels. Time to hold the guilty accountable and put America First by protecting the innocent. The tide’s turning, and not a moment too soon.