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Vance Refers Gender Clinics to DOJ for Alleged Fraud
Vice President JD Vance referred hospitals and gender clinics to the Justice Department Thursday, asking prosecutors to determine whether providers violated federal fraud laws through insurance billing practices.
- $50 million in puberty-blocker claims were billed under an endocrine disorder code, per the HHS report.
- Nearly $11 million in claims for patients ages 13–17 used a precocious puberty billing code.
- 225-plus hospitals and health systems nationwide operate pediatric gender programs, the report found.
- Transgender care can cost up to $170,000 per patient when surgery is included, per the report.
Why it matters: HHS released a 64-page report titled 'Wolves in White Coats' alleging financial incentives drove providers to misuse billing codes, obscuring what care was actually delivered to minors.
- Vance's letter cites the False Claims Act, the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and federal fraud and conspiracy laws as potentially violated.
- HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. separately wrote to the HHS Inspector General flagging providers with what he called anomalous billing patterns, including Planned Parenthood-affiliated clinics.
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Right coverage, 26 sources: The right frames this as the Trump administration exposing ideologically motivated fraud that harmed children and cost taxpayers tens of millions of dollars.
The Daily Wire1w+EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Opens New Front In War On Fraud, This Time In Child Sex-ChangesFox News1w+Veteran pediatrician hails Medicaid shift ending youth sex-change treatments: 'This is not denial of care'The Daily Signal1w+HHS Bombshell Report on ‘Gender-Affirming Care’The Epoch Times1w+HHS Report on Alleged Pediatric Gender-Treatment Fraud: 5 Key TakeawaysJust the News1w+HHS praised by 'Do No Harm' and others for ending taxpayer-funded child sex change proceduresNew York Post1w+'Detransitioners' share sex-change horror stories about doctors pressuring them as impressionable teens: 'Like a car salesman'LifeSiteNews1w+Republican senators' bill would ban taxpayer funding for 'gender transition' research - LifeSiteNTD1w+HHS Report on Alleged Pediatric Gender-Treatment Fraud: 5 Key TakeawaysRSBNetwork1w+Vance accuses hospitals of profiting from gender-transition treatments for minorsThe Center Square1w+HHS: Hospitals used fraudulent coding for transgender procedures on minorsAmerican Greatness1w+JD Vance and RFK Jr. Refer Hundreds of Hospitals and Clinics to Justice Department For Criminal Investigation into Transgender Health Fraud › American GreatnessBizPac Review1w+JD Vance seeks criminal investigation into hospitals doing child sex changes, citing evidence of fraudBreitbart News1w+HHS: Hospitals Used Fake Codes for Sex-Change DrugsCitizen Free Press1w+Criminal referrals sent on transgender mutilation of children — JD Vance leads investigation.Hot Air1w+Insurance Fraud Enabled 'Gender-Affirming Care'Newsmax1w+Vance: HHS Report Shows Gender Care Fraud for ProfitTexas Scorecard1w+Trump Admin Ends Medicaid Funding for Gender-Mutilating Procedures on ChildrenThe Daily Caller1w+Vance Seeks Probe Into Hospitals Doing Child Sex ChangesThe Federalist1w+Vance Orders Fraud Probe Into Docs For Hiding Trans SurgeriesThe Gateway Pundit1w+Following Damning Report Vice President Vance Announces Criminal Refererals of Healthcare Providers Subjecting Children to ‘Horrific, Experimental Treatments in Service of Radical Gender Ideologies’ * The Gateway Pundit * by Margaret FlavinThe National Pulse1w+Vance, RFK Jr. Refer Transgenderism Doctors to DOJ for Suspected Fraud.The Post Millennial1w+BREAKING: JD Vance refers medical sex change providers to DOJ for prosecution over fraudThe Western Journal1w+JD Vance and RFK Jr. Refer Hospitals and Clinics to DOJ in Response to 'Wolves in White Coats' ReportTownhall1w+HHS Report: Hospitals Pushed 'Gender Medicine' on Kids for ProfitWashington Examiner1w+HHS cites $50 million potential insurance fraud for “sex-rejecting” procedures for minorsWND1w+‘Mutilating procedures’: JD Vance calls for prosecution of those pushing transgenderism on children * WorldNetDaily * by Bob Unruh
What’s next: The DOJ had not responded to requests for comment as of publication Thursday.
- The HHS Inspector General will review flagged claims cohorts identified in Kennedy's letter.
- Will the DOJ open a formal investigation, and if so, which providers will be targeted?
- The report was compiled partly by advocacy-aligned researchers; independent review of its methodology has not yet been published.
- None of the hospitals or clinics named in the report have publicly responded to the allegations.
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