The decision to shutter a Tacoma pediatric gender clinic has drawn skepticism from some legal experts who say the hospital, though pressured by the Trump administration, acted prematurely. But leaders at Mary Bridge Children's Hospital and its MultiCare Health System said the increasingly aggressive federal threats to all of their Medicare and Medicaid funding if gender-affirming care continued essentially forced them to close the clinic that sees hundreds of trans and nonbinary youth. If Mary Bridge did not halt care for those patients, and federal funding was pulled, the entire hospital would be at risk, they said. MultiCare CEO Bill Robertson said he doesn't think the hospital 'jumped the gun,' though the closure is not something he and his team wanted.
In a social media landscape shaped by hashtags, algorithms, and viral posts, nurse leaders must decide: Will they let the narrative spiral, or can they adapt and join the conversation?
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