Cleveland Clinic settles with DOJ in gender-affirming care investigation

The Cleveland Clinic pledged $2 million in care for people who detransition after receiving gender-affirming care as minors under a settlement with the Department of Justice (DOJ), becoming the second major health system to cut a deal with the Trump administration. 

Under the deal, which the DOJ announced Friday, Cleveland Clinic will offer detransition services to all patients, regardless of their ability to pay.  

The system will be required to publicize those services with a dedicated website, phone number, care coordinator and direct outreach to three entities that provide non-medical services to people who want seeking detransition. 

By committing dollars to detransition care, the Cleveland Clinic is helping to “provide essential medical care for individuals living with the harmful consequences of such misguided medical interventions performed on them as children and adolescents,” DOJ said in a statement.  

According to a copy of the settlement, detransition services include medical care for hormonal balancing, surgical revision and reconstruction, fertility restoration, psychological support (including grief counseling),........

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