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Snopes Debunkers - Rumors about Florida bill banning insurance for gender-affirming health care, China banning TikTok, and a "highly contagious" fungus spreading through U.S.

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March 25, 2023

Today: Rumors about Florida bill banning insurance for gender-affirming health care, China banning TikTok, and a "highly contagious" fungus spreading through U.S.

Does a Proposed Florida Law Ban Insurance Coverage for Gender-Affirming Care?

On March 22, 2023, Harvard epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding tweeted about a "complete ban in Florida proposed on health insurance coverage" for what that state's legislators defined as "gender clinical interventions."


He also argued that the bill's text is so vague as presently written that it could ban birth control, hormone treatment for menopause or breast cancer, and other treatments.


Snopes' Alex Kasprak reports.

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