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A Philadelphia children’s hospital cited “potential revenue” as a reason for hiring a gender clinic social worker in 2018, Pennsylvania mother and activist Megan Brock told The Daily Signal.
Emails, which Brock obtained, show correspondence between former Pennsylvania Health Secretary Rachel Levine and Dr. Rollyn M. Ornstein, an adolescent medicine specialist at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. In the emails, Levine and Ornstein discuss financial incentives for the hospital’s Gender Health Clinic.
“I am trying to convince the administration about the need for a MSW [Medical Social Worker] position specific for the imminent Gender clinic, I am trying to put together a presentation re: potential revenue, including downstream,” Ornstein’s email reads.
Penn State Health launched a Pediatric Gender Clinic in 2019. The clinic hired Amy K. Keisling, a licensed social worker, to be the coordinator of the clinic.
The Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital did not respond …
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