Two hospital systems settle US probe over transgender care billing for $9.5 mill

[Sarah B ✅]

Title: Two hospital systems settle US probe over transgender care billing for $9.5 million
Link To: Article 🔗 [Link: reuters.com/legal/litigation/two-​hospital-​systems-​settle-​us-​probe-​over-​transgender-​care-​billing-​95-​million-​2026-​09-​18/]
Author: Steve Gorman
Date: September 18, 2026
Trigger Warning: None
Brief summary of the article
NYU Langone Health and the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center have agreed to pay nearly $9.5 million combined to settle a US Department of Justice investigation into billing for gender-affirming care provided to minors. The agreements include an end to gender-affirming medical care for patients under 18 at the institutions, while both hospital systems deny wrongdoing or liability.
Main Points of the Article
"Under the agreements, the New York University Langone Health system and University of Pittsburgh Medical Center will cease providing such transgender-related care [...] to patients under age 18, the department said."

"The Justice Department said NYU Langone agreed to pay $8.5 million as part of its settlement, while Pittsburgh's UPMC will pay $950,000."
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Sarah B
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[Lori Dee ✅]

I hate these kinds of settlements.

"We did nothing wrong."

Then why did you agree to pay $8.5 million and accept their terms?

It would be more expensive to fight it in court.

Not if you are proven right and you "did nothing wrong." Then, they pay you.