All posts tagged "insurance coverage"
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Maryland Governor Signs Trans Health Equity Act
Bill requires Medicaid to cover gender-affirming treatments deemed medically necessary by a patient's medical provider.
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Transgender Sheriff’s Deputy Wins Lawsuit Over Surgery Denial
Last month, a Georgia jury ruled in favor of a transgender sheriff’s deputy who sued for reimbursement after the county she worked for refused to...
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Pennsylvania Governor Signs Executive Order Banning Conversion Therapy
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf has signed an executive order barring conversion therapy, which attempts to change a person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, for people...
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Federal Judge Sides with Gay Employee Who Sued Catholic Relief Services
A federal court has ruled that in refusing to provide healthcare benefits for the husband of a gay employee, Catholic Relief Services has broken federal...
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Congressional Bill Would Make Monkeypox Testing Free of Charge
U.S. Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (D-N.Y.), one of only nine LGBTQ members of Congress, has introduced a bill to offer no-cost testing for monkeypox. The...
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Massachusetts Passes Bill Protecting Abortion Rights and Trans Health Care
Last week, Massachusetts’ Republican Gov. Charlie Baker signed a bill protecting the right to obtain an abortion and receive gender-affirming care into law. Bay State...
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Researchers: Florida Report on Trans Health Care is Flawed, Biased
Researchers from Yale are slamming a report from Florida health care officials that takes a hardline stance against the use of Medicaid dollars to pay...
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Is Starbucks Threatening to Stop Trans Health Benefits?
Union organizers are claiming that coffee giant Starbucks has been telling its baristas that unionizing could jeopardize insurance coverage for gender-affirming care, according to a...
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Iowa Supreme Court Finds State Discriminated Against Trans Employee
The Iowa Supreme Court has ruled that the state’s Department of Corrections discriminated against Jesse Vroegh, a former DOC nurse, when it denied him insurance...
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Insurance giant Aetna sued for allegedly denying coverage for fertility treatments to LGBTQ couples
A New York woman has sued Aetna over a policy requiring LGBTQ couples to pay out of pocket before gaining coverage for fertility treatments.
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New York Gov. Cuomo orders health insurers to cover fertility treatments for same-sex couples
Order seeks to prevent same-sex couples from being forced to shoulder burdensome out-of-pocket expenses
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Three West Virginia residents sue over ban on transgender health care coverage
Class-action lawsuit claims insurance exclusions denying transition-related care are discriminatory and unconstitutional
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Georgia transgender sheriff’s deputy can sue for health care denial, court says
Court becomes the second in the South to refuse to dismiss a trans employee's health care discrimination lawsuit
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Supreme Court’s birth control decision could negatively impact LGBTQ people
Court's continued erosion of reproductive rights could enable employers to deny insurance coverage to LGBTQ employees
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Trump administration eliminates transgender protections from Affordable Care Act
Final rule rolling back LGBTQ protections drops on fourth anniversary of Pulse nightclub massacre
