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HHS sends 'final demand' letters to six medical groups on minors' care

The letters went to the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics and four other groups on Wednesday afternoon; the deadline for a reply is anyone's guess.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA federal health agency sent what it calls a final demand this afternoon to six medical groups, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe letters ask for evidence supporting hormonal or surgical treatment for minors with gender dysphoria, and the Washington Examiner calls it an escalation.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorFinal demand! Like the last envelope in the mailbox, the one with the red stripe, and everybody in the family pretends not to see it.

  4. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorFinal implies there were earlier ones.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorSo somewhere in Washington there's a drawer of demands, and this is the one that finally got stamped.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorIt went out on a Wednesday afternoon, so the doctors will answer it the way everyone answers a gym renewal. Eventually, with a lawyer.

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