All posts tagged "insurance exclusion"
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A Georgia County Spent Millions to Deny a Trans Deputy Health Care. It Failed.
A federal appeals court rebuffed a Georgia county's attempt to avoid providing insurance coverage to a transgender sheriff's deputy.
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Refusing Trans Insurance Coverage is Unlawful, Court Rules
A federal appeals court has ruled that insurance exclusions denying coverage for gender-affirming health care treatments are discriminatory.
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A Georgia County Doesn’t Want to Pay the Bill for Trans Surgery
Georgia's Houston County is appealing a ruling finding its employee health plan exclusion on transition-related surgery is unconstitutional.
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Arizona’s Katie Hobbs Signs Pro-LGBTQ Executive Orders
The Arizona governor signed executive orders to limit conversion therapy and cover medically necessary care for transgender state employees.
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Trans Woman Sues Company Over Insurance Exclusion
A transgender woman in New Hampshire has sued her employer over an exclusion in its employee health insurance plan that prohibits coverage for any transition-related...
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Trans State Employees Sue Georgia Over Denial of Insurance Coverage
Two Georgia state employees and a public school employee are suing the state of Georgia over an insurance exclusion in their employee health insurance plan...
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Insurance Ban on Gender-Affirming Care Struck Down by Federal Court
A federal court in North Carolina has struck down a prohibition in the state-run employee health insurance plan that prohibits coverage for gender-affirming treatments that...
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West Virginia Medicaid Must Cover Cost of Transgender Surgical Care
On Aug. 2, a federal judge ruled that West Virginia’s Medicaid program must cover gender-affirming surgical care for transgender patients. U.S. District Court Judge Robert...
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Iowa court rules Republicans can’t deny health coverage to transgender Medicaid recipients
An Iowa court has ruled that a law barring Medicaid from covering transgender recipients' surgical expenses is unconstitutional.
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North Carolina’s largest private insurer will cover facial surgery and voice therapy for transgender policyholders
North Carolina's largest private insurer will cover facial surgery and voice therapy as medically necessary for transgender patients.
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Federal judge refuses to throw out transgender West Virginians’ health insurance lawsuit
A federal judge has said three West Virginians may sue over denial of insurance coverage for transition-related health care treatments.
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Transgender teens sue Arizona for denying Medicaid coverage for gender confirmation surgery
Teenagers claim they experience physical and psychological harm because of state's refusal to cover surgical expenses
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Former police officer sues Utah-area police department, alleging anti-trans discrimination
Taylor Scruggs is seeking his job back and asking the Unified Police Department to adopt trans-friendly policies
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Alaska state employee heads to court to challenge trans surgery exclusion in health care plan
Lawyers for an Alaska transgender state employee will appear in court on Wednesday to argue that a provision in the state’s employee health insurance plan...
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Montana Human Rights Bureau finds Yellowstone County discriminated against trans employee
Complaint alleges county's insurance exclusion on transition-related care constitutes a form of sex discrimination
