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Florida report on transgender care flawed, politically motivated, Yale experts say
Florida report on transgender care flawed, politically motivated, Yale experts sayTampa Bay Times, 7/14/2022
A report from Florida’s Medicaid agency is anticipated to be the basis for a state rule banning the use of Medicaid to pay for hormonal therapies to treat transgender people diagnosed with gender dysphoria.
It concluded last month that puberty blockers and other hormones are “experimental and investigational.”
But a group of seven scientists and a Yale law professor are slamming the state report as unscientific, thoroughly flawed and politically motivated.
An analysis published by the group this week highlighted what it says are major deficiencies in the state’s 48-page report, which was released June 2 by Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration.
It concluded last month that puberty blockers and other hormones are “experimental and investigational.”
But a group of seven scientists and a Yale law professor are slamming the state report as unscientific, thoroughly flawed and politically motivated.
An analysis published by the group this week highlighted what it says are major deficiencies in the state’s 48-page report, which was released June 2 by Florida’s Agency for Health Care Administration.
https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2022/07/14/florida-report-on-transgender-care-flawed-politically-motivated-yale-experts-say/
Yale report: https://medicine.yale.edu/lgbtqi/research/gender-affirming-care/florida%20report%20final%20july%208%202022%20accessible_443048_284_55174_v3.pdf
We are a group of seven scientists and a law professor, and we have concluded, after a careful examination of the June 2 Report, that its conclusions are incorrect and scientifically unfounded.
The June 2 Report purports to be a review of the scientific and medical evidence but is, in fact,
fundamentally unscientific.
We are alarmed that Florida’s health care agency has adopted a purportedly scientific report that
so blatantly violates the basic tenets of scientific inquiry. The report makes false statements and
contains glaring errors regarding science, statistical methods, and medicine. Ignoring established
science and longstanding, authoritative clinical guidance, the report instead relies on biased and
discredited sources, including purported “expert” reports that carry no scientific weight due to
lack of expertise and bias.
So repeated and fundamental are the errors in the June 2 Report that it seems clear that the report
is not a serious scientific analysis but, rather, a document crafted to serve a political agenda.
The AHCA has offered the June 2 Report as justification for a proposed rule that would deny
Florida Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria to people of all ages (the “Proposed Rule”).
We strongly oppose the Proposed Rule and have documented our reasons in public comments
submitted to the AHCA on July 8, 2022. This report provides our detailed reasons for
concluding that the June 2 Report provides no scientific support for Florida’s proposed action.
The June 2 Report purports to be a review of the scientific and medical evidence but is, in fact,
fundamentally unscientific.
We are alarmed that Florida’s health care agency has adopted a purportedly scientific report that
so blatantly violates the basic tenets of scientific inquiry. The report makes false statements and
contains glaring errors regarding science, statistical methods, and medicine. Ignoring established
science and longstanding, authoritative clinical guidance, the report instead relies on biased and
discredited sources, including purported “expert” reports that carry no scientific weight due to
lack of expertise and bias.
So repeated and fundamental are the errors in the June 2 Report that it seems clear that the report
is not a serious scientific analysis but, rather, a document crafted to serve a political agenda.
The AHCA has offered the June 2 Report as justification for a proposed rule that would deny
Florida Medicaid coverage for gender dysphoria to people of all ages (the “Proposed Rule”).
We strongly oppose the Proposed Rule and have documented our reasons in public comments
submitted to the AHCA on July 8, 2022. This report provides our detailed reasons for
concluding that the June 2 Report provides no scientific support for Florida’s proposed action.
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