The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has scheduled Sept. 21 for oral arguments in a case challenging the N.C. State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments used by transgender patients. The entire group of eligible 4th Circuit judges will hear the case, Kadel v. Folwell.
Twenty-one states, including three of North Carolina's neighbors, support N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan in a legal fight involving health care requested by transgender patients.
Twenty-one state attorneys general have asked the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to accept a friend-of-the-court brief supporting N.C. State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan. Folwell and the health plan are defendants in a case involving transgender health care. Participating states include three of North Carolina’s four neighbors.
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in September in a case challenging the N.C. State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments used by transgender patients. The court is pairing the N.C. case with a similar case involving West Virginia's state health plans.
The full 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear a case involving the N.C. State Health Plan’s exclusion of treatment for transgender patients. A three-judge panel had heard oral arguments in the case in January. A trial court ruled in 2022 that the plan must pay for "medically necessary services."