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  "path": "/news/2026/04/02/gender-affirming-care-massachusetts-baystate-health",
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  "textContent": "Baystate Health, the largest health center in western Massachusetts, announced in February it would stop gender-affirming treatment for children, offering only counseling. This came after the Trump administration threatened to strip Medicaid and Medicare funding from any hospital providing the care to kids.",
  "title": "Families reeling from Baystate Health decision to end gender care for youth"
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