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HHS will not enforce gender and sexual orientation requirements for medical records

By STAT News  
   April 01, 2025

The changes to medical records hit federal systems first. In February, CMS removed sexual orientation and gender identity questions from enrollment forms for Medicare beneficiaries, and the U.S. DOGE Service said it had removed gender identity from the personal information pages of VA patients. Now, the Trump administration's efforts to strip these demographics from patient forms have reached the private sector.

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