--- title: "Hospitals agree to stop treating transgender minors, pay federal government" publication: "MediaBias News" url: "https://mediabias.news/politics/hospitals-agree-to-stop-treating-transgender-minors-pay-federal-government" api: "https://mediabias.news/api/v1/stories/hospitals-agree-to-stop-treating-transgender-minors-pay-federal-government" markdown: "https://mediabias.news/politics/hospitals-agree-to-stop-treating-transgender-minors-pay-federal-government.md" audio: "https://mediabias.news/api/audio/hospitals-agree-to-stop-treating-transgender-minors-pay-federal-government" category: "Politics" area: "United States" published: "2026-09-22T13:46:12.193Z" source_reported: "2026-09-22T11:38:11.000Z" updated: "2026-09-22T14:45:07.976Z" trust_score: 42 critic_score: 61 hype_score: 20 assessment_type: "coverage-and-source-reporting-analysis" fact_check_status: "not-performed" coverage_measured: "2026-09-22T14:45:07.912715+00:00" --- # Hospitals agree to stop treating transgender minors, pay federal government *Justice Department announces settlements with NYU Langone and UPMC over gender-affirming care.* **Scores for the source reporting** (0-100, assessing the original journalism this article was written from, not this write-up): - Trust 42 of 100, higher is better. Two full reports and 13 digests corroborate the central claims, with specific financial figures provided. - Craft 61 of 100, higher is better. Reports quote affected parties and name specific institutions and financial settlements. - Hype 20 of 100, lower is better. Headlines and digests are measured, accurately reflecting the content of the reports. Scored by MediaBias News; method at https://mediabias.news/methodology. **The short version** - Six major hospitals have agreed to stop offering gender-affirming hormones and surgery to transgender youth. - These hospitals will pay the federal government for patients seeking to reverse gender transitions. - The Justice Department announced settlements with New York University Langone Hospitals and University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers. - NYU agreed to pay $8.5 million and UPMC agreed to pay $950,000 as part of these deals. At least six major hospitals have agreed to refuse gender-affirming hormones and surgery for transgender young people. These institutions will instead make payments to the federal government for patients who wish to reverse gender transitions, according to deals with the Department of Justice. The Justice Department announced settlements last week with New York University Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers. NYU agreed to pay $8.5 million and UPMC agreed to pay $950,000. These settlements follow similar agreements reached since May with Cleveland Clinic, Connecticut Children’s Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, and Texas Children’s Hospital. Most of the hospitals had already stopped offering these treatments due to state bans or previous pressure from the Trump administration. The Justice Department stated that some providers have also agreed to help pay medical costs for children to detransition. ## Disagreements in reporting Reports from Washington Top News and ABC News state that the Trump administration calls puberty blockers, hormones, or gender-affirming surgery “sex-rejecting procedures.” Digests from other outlets do not contain this specific phrasing. ## What the coverage left out None of the right-rated reports mention the specific phrasing used by the Trump administration, calling puberty blockers, hormones, or gender-affirming surgery “sex-rejecting procedures.” ## Who covered it Shares of the 19 covering outlets with a published leaning rating: - Left: 53% (10) - Centre: 31% (6) - Right: 16% (3) 0 of 19 covering outlets carried no usable leaning rating and were excluded from those percentages. Coverage measured 2026-09-22T14:45:07.912715+00:00. **Coverage watch:** developing. Checked 3 times; 1 check found a material change. Most recently checked 2026-09-22T15:00:21.409Z. ## How the sides framed it ### Left - Left-rated reports highlighted the Justice Department's settlements with NYU Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers, noting the financial penalties involved. These reports included statements from Eliel Cruz of the Gender Liberation Movement, who called the agreements a "dangerous precedent" and criticised the federal government's politicisation of healthcare. They also mentioned that the Trump administration has been targeting this type of care since January 2025, including barring federal Medicaid dollars. Several left-rated reports noted that the care is still available elsewhere and that the hospitals stated the deals would not affect their pediatric mental healthcare programs. ### Centre - Centre-rated reports focused on the core agreements: six hospitals will stop providing gender-affirming care to minors and will instead make payments to the federal government for detransitioning patients. These reports named the specific hospitals involved in recent settlements, NYU Langone and UPMC, and detailed the amounts they agreed to pay: $8.5 million for NYU and $950,000 for UPMC. They also noted that most hospitals had already ceased offering these treatments due to state bans or prior pressure from the Trump administration. The reports mentioned that the Justice Department views these actions as protecting children and ending "so-called 'gender-affirming care' for minors." ### Right - Right-rated reports stated that at least six major hospitals have agreed to refuse gender-affirming hormones and surgery for transgender young people. These reports noted that the hospitals will make payments to the federal government for patients who want to reverse gender transitions, according to deals with the Department of Justice. The reports also mentioned that most of the hospitals had already stopped offering the treatments due to state bans or previous pressure from the Trump administration. **Provisional coverage gap:** right. The watch is not closed, so this is not yet a settled blindspot finding. ## Factuality profile of the covering outlets These are published factuality ratings of the outlets, not a verdict on whether this story or its claims are true. - mixed: 1 - high: 10 - veryHigh: 8 ## Verification scope This page compares coverage and scores the source reporting. It is not a ClaimReview verdict on whether the underlying event or claim is true. ## Original reporting this was written from - [Henry Herald](https://henryherald.com/news/world_nation/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_d19f4069-ad6d-50fe-95d4-27042333f744.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [The Daily Star](https://thedailystar.com/news/state/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_4da0e49b-88f3-53ac-ac83-8357b53d5d4d.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [My Mother Lode](https://mymotherlode.com/news/national/11158769/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [The National Herald](https://thenationalherald.com/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors) — What to Know About Hospital Deals With the Trump Administration to Avoid Treating Transgender Minors - [Washington Top News](https://wtop.com/national/2026/09/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors – WTOP News - [The Toronto Star](https://thestar.com/news/world/united-states/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_a930af74-93db-5544-9ec1-dec78e3f3dba.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [Newsday](https://newsday.com/business/transgender-genderaffirming-hospitals-trump-justice-agreement-w65310) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [The Independent](https://independent.co.uk/news/trump-department-of-justice-todd-blanche-new-york-university-new-york-b3054166.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [abc News](https://abcnews.com/Health/wireStory/hospital-deals-trump-administration-avoid-treating-transgender-minors-136643490) — What to know about hospital deals with Trump to limit care for transgender children - [MY Northwest](https://mynorthwest.com/national/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/4278593) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [The Independent (US)](https://the-independent.com/news/trump-department-of-justice-todd-blanche-new-york-university-new-york-b3054166.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [Chronicle Online](https://chronicleonline.com/news/national/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_13ba9e41-1162-5289-8d06-091bc6381930.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [plaindealerin.com](https://plaindealerin.com/news/wire/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_fb16f316-4395-5051-8573-700b3279b7a4.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [The Hamilton Spectator](https://thespec.com/business/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_94c43a09-1ebd-5496-a3b3-abb24bccb4cb.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [The Record](https://therecord.com/business/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_ce15a2ab-3ace-567f-bb63-945cd803bd28.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [St Catharines Standard](https://stcatharinesstandard.ca/business/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors/article_923e12a4-0fe6-5a9d-97d5-68c3be6fe86a.html) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [Winnipeg Free Press](https://winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-life/life/health/2026/09/22/what-to-know-about-hospital-deals-with-the-trump-administration-to-avoid-treating-transgender-minors) — What to know about hospital deals with the Trump administration to avoid treating transgender minors - [The Advocate](https://advocate.com/health/transgender-health/nyu-langone-upmc-doj-deals) — Two more hospitals strike DOJ deals to end gender-affirming care for minors - [them.](https://them.us/answers-and-advice/health/nyu-langone-upmc-doj-deals) — Two More Hospitals Strike DOJ Deals to End Gender-Affirming Care for Minors ## Questions **What are the main terms of the hospital agreements?** At least six major hospitals have agreed to stop providing gender-affirming hormones and surgery to transgender minors. In exchange, they will make payments to the federal government for patients who seek to reverse these treatments. Some providers have also agreed to help cover detransition medical costs. **Which hospitals have settled with the Justice Department?** The Justice Department has announced settlements with New York University Langone Hospitals and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers. These follow earlier agreements with Cleveland Clinic, Connecticut Children’s Hospital, Mount Sinai Health System, and Texas Children’s Hospital. **How much did NYU and UPMC agree to pay?** New York University Langone Hospitals agreed to pay $8.5 million to the federal government. The University of Pittsburgh Medical Centers agreed to pay $950,000 as part of their respective settlements. **Why did these hospitals agree to these terms?** Most of the hospitals had already stopped offering gender-affirming treatments due to state bans or pressure from the Trump administration. The settlements end federal investigations into past care and prevent hospitals from being forced to release patient records. --- MediaBias News — https://mediabias.news. Reproduced from https://mediabias.news/politics/hospitals-agree-to-stop-treating-transgender-minors-pay-federal-government. Please cite as: MediaBias News, "Hospitals agree to stop treating transgender minors, pay federal government", https://mediabias.news/politics/hospitals-agree-to-stop-treating-transgender-minors-pay-federal-government