Rep. Bonamici Opposes Bill Banning Transgender Healthcare for Minors

Opposition to the Do No Harm Act

• ❌ Rep. Susan Bonamici opposes the deceptively titled Do No Harm Act, stating it interferes with personal healthcare decisions.
• 🚫 The bill aims to ban federal Medicaid coverage for gender transition procedures for individuals under 18, while allowing the same care for cisgender youth, which Bonamici argues is discriminatory.

Healthcare Affordability and Priorities

• 💸 Bonamici asserts that instead of addressing the healthcare cost crisis, the bill targets a vulnerable population.
• 📊 Research indicates that health insurance coverage for transgender people is affordable and cost-effective.
• 🎯 Republicans are accused of fear-mongering about the trans community to distract from their lack of solutions for making healthcare more affordable.
• 🏛️ Congress should focus on fixing expiring ACA subsidies, rising healthcare costs, and affordability issues, not on interfering with patient-provider healthcare decisions.

Protecting Transgender Rights

• 🏳️‍⚧️ Bonamici emphasizes that transgender people deserve the same protections as everyone else, including access to medically necessary care.
• ⚠️ The bill is characterized as causing harm, not preventing it, and is urged to be rejected by colleagues.