Ep 1029 | Whistleblower Nurse Uncovers “Trans Kid” Medicaid Fraud | Guest: Vanessa Sivadge

Today, we sit down with Vanessa Sivadge, a whistleblower formerly employed at Texas Children's Hospital. Vanessa recently exposed the hospital for using Medicaid to fund cross-sex "treatments" for minors and faced backlash from the American justice system. What motivated Vanessa to speak out? What exactly did she see going on? And how did the FBI get involved? We address all that and more in this must-see episode.

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Timecodes:

(04:14) What Vanessa saw

(08:06) Doctors manipulating parents

(10:35) Other whistleblower report

(13:58) Non-‘affirming’ parents & financial incentives

(16:50) How she found out about the fraud

(22:00) FBI comes to her home

(37:50) Texas AG investigation

(45:10) Public response

(48:00) Vanessa is a Relatagal!

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Relevant Episodes:

Ep 1020 | Botched: The Brutality of Trans Mastectomies | Guest: Soren Aldaco

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-1020-botched-the-brutality-of-trans/id1359249098?i=1000659311855

Ep 896 | From 'Trans Man' to Transformed by Christ | Guest: Laura Perry Smalts (Part One)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-896-from-trans-man-to-transformed-by-christ-guest/id1359249098?i=1000632613519

Ep 897 | A Detransitioner on the Lie of Trans ‘Joy’ | Guest: Laura Perry Smalts (Part Two)

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-897-a-detransitioner-on-the-lie-of-trans/id1359249098?i=1000632747460

Ep 884 | Sex Change Regret: Why the Surgeries Never Work | Guest: Scott Newgent

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep-884-sex-change-regret-why-the-surgeries-never-work/id1359249098?i=1000630220531

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