Blistering Report Calls For Investigation Into 5 'woke' Hospitals Pushing 'radical' Agenda With Taxpayer Money

FIRST ON FOX: After years of advertizing campaigns targeting "woke" hospitals for putting authorities earlier patients, a salient nonprofit user defense group has compiled a broad study connected what it says are nan worst offenders and urges President Donald Trump and lawmakers nationwide to return action. 

The caller report, titled "Woke hospitals: Embracing Political Priorities Ahead of Patient Care," was released by Consumers’ Research connected Tuesday and took purpose astatine 5 infirmary systems crossed nan country: Cleveland Clinic, Vanderbilt University Medical, Henry Ford Health, Memorial Hermann and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital. 

"U.S. consumers should beryllium alert that galore nonprofit infirmary systems person leveraged payer dollars and national backing to beforehand arguable governmental and societal causes," nan study states. 

"Instead of lowering costs and passing savings onto patients, hospitals person spent sizeable money, time, and manpower pursuing a partisan schedule pertaining to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), extremist gender ideology, and ambiance activism. This study examines 5 of these ‘woke’ infirmary systems and nan circumstantial ways successful which they person opted to prosecute successful various forms of governmental activism unrelated to – and successful immoderate cases astatine likelihood pinch – their halfway missions arsenic healthcare providers," nan study continues. "Each of them is simply a tax-exempt beneficiary receiving galore backing streams and benefits from nan national government."

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Consumers' Research is calling for an investigation into 5 hospitals it says is utilizing national dollars to push a "woke" agenda. (Fox News Digital/Getty)

The report’s accusations against Cleveland Clinic, which Fox News Digital previously reported on, item a remark from CEO Tom Mihaljevic erstwhile he stated that "healthcare is only portion of our mission."

That mission, according to Consumers' Research, includes promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) which nan hospital’s main of diverseness of inclusion said successful 2023, "has to beryllium embedded successful everything we do."

In summation to respective examples of nan infirmary strategy pushing DEI, nan study outlines ways that Cleveland Clinic has engaged successful "climate activism" while pouring millions into "green initiatives" arsenic good arsenic administering transgender attraction to children. 

Vanderbilt University Medical, a infirmary strategy that Fox News Digital previously reported was recovered to be deleting immoderate of its references to DEI commitments and resources while besides keeping immoderate and hiding them from nationalist view, is said successful nan study to person received $468 cardinal successful NIH grants for aesculapian research. 

While receiving important backing from nan national government, nan infirmary strategy is besides pushing a "woke" agenda, according to nan report. 

"VUMC’s Emergency Medicine Department featured a Diversity, Inclusion & Wellness Office co-led by 2 board of ‘Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism,’" nan study states. "In January 2025, VUMC’s Psychiatry Department hosted a webinar addressing ‘The War connected DEI,’ identifying racism, sexism, caste systems, and nationalism arsenic important barriers to DEI objectives."

The study besides outlines what it says are examples of VUMC promoting ambiance activism and providing "gender-affirming care" to minors. 

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A pro-Trump ineligible nonprofit revenge an charismatic title pinch nan Department of Health and Human Services calling for an investigation into DEI practices astatine Henry Ford Health. (Getty Images/iStock)

"According to nan nonprofit statement Do No Harm, VUMC has provided sex-change treatments to 33 minors since 2019, pinch 22 patients receiving irreversible body-altering surgery," nan study states. 

"VUMC moreover awarded grants to a reproductive session successful Memphis that assists LGBTQ+ younker successful acquiring gender-change hormone therapy. Following nan implementation of Tennessee’s caller law, nan session announced connected its website that it now refers minors seeking specified services to its affiliated session successful Carbondale, IL, pending parental consent," nan study continued.

Henry Ford Health has besides been a erstwhile target of Consumers’ Research, Fox News Digital reported successful April, and is mentioned successful nan study arsenic a spot wherever nan "racist DEI schedule is truthful egregious that America First Legal, a pro-Trump ineligible nonprofit, revenge an charismatic title pinch nan Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) calling for an investigation."

The study outlines respective examples of nan infirmary allegedly pushing "gender ideology" and cites Do No Harm’s database, which recovered that Henry Ford Health "treated astatine slightest 63 sex-change patients who were minors, including 8 patients who underwent surgery."

Memorial Hermann Health System successful Texas was besides highlighted by nan study arsenic an statement rife pinch examples of DEI, which critics for years person based on puts authorities earlier patients.

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"Memorial Hermann maintains that ‘health equity’ is paramount," nan study states. "The strategy has stated its volition of embedding EDI practices astatine nan halfway of its ngo and imagination and believes overcoming ‘historical and modern injustices’ is critical."

The study adds that "Memorial Hermann publically claims not to connection gender-transition services to individuals nether 18" but, according to Do No Harm, "has reportedly performed 15 sex-change surgeries connected minors and prescribed puberty blockers aliases hormone therapy to 3 children."

The 5th infirmary successful nan report, Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital, has said that it considers DEI to beryllium portion of its founding values and declared racism to beryllium a "public wellness issue" aft nan decease of George Floyd. 

The study states that nan infirmary "was nan first infirmary successful nan U.S. to connection transgender surgeries, doing truthful arsenic early arsenic 1966" and pointed to a 2022 connection from a spokesperson that stated children should person entree to transgender attraction to "improve their intelligence health."

"The Johns Hopkins All Children’s website formerly included a page astir children’s gender and intersexual development," nan study says. " It referred to nan ‘emotional and beingness instauration for sexuality"’ among ‘infants, toddlers, preschoolers, and young school-aged kids.’"

Fox News Digital reached retired to each 5 hospitals successful nan study for comment. 

"Henry Ford Health respects and afloat complies pinch each authorities and national anti-discrimination laws," a Henry Ford Health spokesperson told Fox News Digital successful a statement. "For much than a century, Henry Ford Health has been afloat committed to serving Michigan's richly divers communities, providing wellness attraction services and employment opportunities to everyone. Our committedness to non-discrimination remains steadfast."

In a connection to Fox News Digital, a Cleveland Clinic spokesperson said, "For much than a century, Cleveland Clinic’s ngo has been to attraction for life, investigation for health, and amended those who serve.  Cleveland Clinic is simply a nonpartisan statement and we neither person nor beforehand immoderate governmental agenda. We are successful afloat compliance pinch each authorities and national laws and powerfully refute the mendacious and misleading assertions made successful this report. The study intentionally shares accusation that is outdated."   

A VUMC spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "Vanderbilt University Medical Center afloat complies pinch nan existent national and authorities mandates and directives, and immoderate accusations different are simply false."

A spokesperson for Memorial Hermann told Fox News Digital nan study "reflects accusation that is outdated, factually inaccurate and intentionally misleading."

"As 1 illustration of factually inaccurate information, Memorial Hermann does not supply and has ne'er provided immoderate shape of pediatric gender transitioning curen to patients younger than 18 years of property astatine immoderate of our facilities. Secondly, we are compliant pinch each authorities and national value transparency regulations. As nan largest nonprofit wellness strategy successful Southeast Texas, we are committed to delivering compassionate, patient-centered attraction that provides high-quality outcomes to each we serve. We do not discriminate based connected race, gender aliases immoderate different characteristics, and we abide by ethical and ineligible standards of care. We are arsenic committed to ensuring our policies comply pinch each applicable federal, state, and section laws and regulations."

One of nan apical concerns outlined successful nan study is what Consumers’ Research describes arsenic "insult to injury" erstwhile it comes to national taxation dollars propping up these hospitals that are pushing "woke" ideologies and shelling retired millions successful salaries for apical leadership.

"Nonprofit hospitals highlighted successful this study and crossed nan U.S. person millions of dollars successful national funding, government-mandated savings programs, and taxation exemptions," nan study states. 

Memorial Hermann Health System successful Texas was besides highlighted by nan study arsenic an statement rife pinch examples of DEI. (Getty Images)

"This intends taxpayers are often near footing nan measure for hospitals’ governmental activism. Hospitals person nonprofit, tax-exempt position connected nan ground that they supply a broader use to nan community. These wellness systems are capable to mates their billions of dollars successful taxation savings pinch important national backing sources and government-mandated savings programs. These avenues for national backing see Medicare payments, Medicaid payments, and national assistance funding."

The study alleges that these hospitals often "leverage their position" to person "multiple typical designations done Medicare and Medicaid that let them entree to much payer dollars while arguing against national cuts to existent gross streams."

"As outlined successful this report, hospitals are taking advantage of their billions of dollars successful taxation breaks, national funding, and mandated discount programs to money frivolous projects extracurricular nan scope of diligent care," nan study alleges. "Instead of passing benefits on to patients and lowering costs – arsenic these programs intended – hospitals usage these programs to money governmental priorities extracurricular of their halfway ngo of providing high-quality attraction and benefiting their communities."

In summation to nan report, Consumers’ Research has sent letters to President Trump, Senate and House leadership, and governors of nan states wherever nan hospitals are located calling for an investigation into nan national dollar backing streams to nan organizations that could beryllium violating anti-DEI rules and moving antagonistic to authorities values. 

Consumers’ Research has sent letters to President Donald Trump, Senate and House leadership, and governors of nan states wherever nan hospitals are located calling for an investigation into nan national dollar funding. (Getty)

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"The contented of this Consumer Warning should supply your management pinch much than capable justification for initiating a general investigation into these federally supported hospitals’ soul activities and a consequent reappraisal of their tax-exempt privileges and nan circumstantial authorities backing streams which support them," nan missive to Trump and officials successful his management states. 

Additionally, Consumers’ Research is moving a mobile advertisement successful Washington, D.C., and launching nan website BadMedicine.Org to item their informing to consumers. 

"Consumers request to beryllium alert that hospitals successful their ain backyards person recovered ways to usage payer dollars to beforehand a woke agenda, which takes distant captious resources that should beryllium going to diligent care," Consumers' Research Executive Director Will Hild said successful a connection to Fox News Digital.

"Our Consumer Warning spotlights 5 nonprofit hospitals that are prioritizing extremist causes for illustration DEI, kid sex-change procedures, and ambiance activism, each while receiving millions successful payer dollars. Every infirmary CEO should publication this Consumer Warning and promptly extremity woke policies successful their organizations and refocus connected their halfway mission, which is providing nan champion value diligent attraction astatine affordable prices. Until each infirmary successful America stops pushing discriminatory DEI policies, mutilating kids' bodies, and promoting ambiance politics, their national backing streams and different authorities benefits for illustration tax-exemptions should beryllium investigated to guarantee taxpayers are not supporting immoderate hospital's reckless ideological activism. It is clip to extremity backing woke hospitals."