An appeals court has ruled that West Virginia and North Carolina cannot prohibit Medicaid coverage for so-called gender reassignment procedures for trans-identified individuals.
Health insurance plans run by U.S. states must cover gender-affirming surgeries for transgender people, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Monday. The 8-6 opinion from the Richmond,. -April 29, 2024 at 03:02 pm EDT
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Decisions like this one, from a court dominated by Obama- and Biden-appointees, cannot stand, said West Virginia s AG Patrick Morrisey. We ll take this up to the Supreme Court and win.
The federal appeals court is the first in the country to say that transition should be covered for transgender people with government-sponsored insurance.
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