All posts tagged "medicaid"
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Iowa Supreme Court rules Medicaid can cover gender confirmation surgery
On Friday, the Iowa Supreme Court issued a historic ruling finding that Iowa’s Medicaid program may not discriminate against transgender people by refusing to cover...
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Wisconsin insurance board restores coverage for gender confirmation surgery
State will start covering transition-related procedures for employees
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Federal judge orders Wisconsin to pay for transgender residents’ surgeries
Judge rules that cost concerns of the state do not outweigh the "ongoing, irreparable harm" facing the transgender plaintiffs
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Iowa court finds Medicaid ban on transgender surgery is unconstitutional
An Iowa court has determined that the state’s ban on Medicaid coverage for medically necessary surgical care for transgender residents is unconstitutional. Chief District Judge...
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Two Wisconsin residents sue over state’s Medicaid ban on gender confirmation surgery
Two Wisconsin residents are suing the state’s Department of Health Services over a ban that prohibits transgender Medicaid recipients from obtaining coverage for gender confirmation...
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LGBTQ advocates slam passage of GOP tax bill
Bill's provisions threaten LGBTQ people's access to health care and do not benefit lower-income individuals
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LGBTQ groups decry GOP tax reform bill
LGBTQ advocates worry over potential cuts to health care programs and tax hikes on lower-income earners
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Two trans women challenging Iowa’s ban on Medicaid coverage for surgery
Lawyers for the two women claim the ban is discriminatory and violates Iowa's Civil Rights Act
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HIV advocate reflects on arrest while protesting Senate health care bill
On Wednesday, June 28, Eric Sawyer and about 10 other HIV activists were arrested while engaging in civil disobedience in protest of the Republican-led Senate’s...
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Iowa trans man will get surgery, but Medicaid ban on surgery remains
A transgender Iowa man will receive medically necessary surgery under the state’s Medicaid program due to a claims processing error, but other transgender people will continue to...
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Minnesota’s transgender surgery ban is unconstitutional, judge rules
Judge rules ban violates equal protection under the law and transgender people's right to privacy
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Lawsuit challenges Minnesota’s insurance ban for transition-related surgery
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the ACLU of Minnesota filed a lawsuit on Thursday in Minnesota State Court challenging the current ban on...
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Transgender insurance exclusions lifted in Maryland
Changes by CareFirst and Maryland's Medicaid program will allow transition-related care expenses to be covered
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HHS rules prohibit transgender healthcare discrimination
New rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) would effectively prohibit health care plans from denying coverage to transgender people for...
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DC Center Announces Fall Initiatives
The DC Center, the District's LGBT community center, has announced two new autumn initiatives in the areas of combating anti-LGBT violence and promoting better health....
