Sophie Putka is on the enterprise and investigative team at MedPage Today, and covers MedPage's surgery clinical news beat. She's written about health equity, healthcare scams, health policy, and more for an audience of healthcare professionals. Before that, she covered health and wellness at Inverse and freelanced for Discover and Business Insider. Her work has been recognized by the National Institute for Health Care Management, the Society of Professional Journalists, and the American Psychoanalytic Association.
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In 2023, state after state passed unprecedented bans on gender-affirming care for youth. A reporter seeks to find out through data what effects these laws are having on gender-diverse youth.
What trans people, clinicians, and families really want others to know about youth gender care.
Declines aren't dramatic, but trans kids and health care providers are facing secondary challenges.
Located near states with gender-affirming care bans, New Mexico acted to protect access.
These drugs are only a part of gender-affirming care, but they hint at bigger changes over time.
How are recently passed state bans impacting care? A new reporting project will examine private payer claims data on youth gender-affirming care to find out.