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This Pennsylvania trans man is taking on Medicaid to get a hysterectomy
And new federal rules would seem to support his cause
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Lawsuit: This woman was denied access to the women’s locker room at Sanford Health Hospital
Faye Seidler, who began hormone therapy as part of her gender transition in 2013, says she felt forced to quit her job.
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NYC proposes $23 million more in HIV health care
The plan is called the NYC Plan to End the Epidemic. It would benefit nearly 200,000 people a year while bringing down infections.
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Kansas opens state workers’ health plan to same-sex spouses
The health insurance plan for Kansas state government workers is allowing married gay and lesbian couples to obtain coverage for their spouses.
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Supreme Court decisions highlight political challenges facing GOP
For the second time in two days, the Supreme Court struck at the heart of the Republican Party platform. Yet the response to Friday’s same-sex marriage ruling was mild in comparison with the outrage that followed the court’s decision Thursday to uphold President Barack Obama’s health care law.
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Liberal justices prevail in this year’s high-profile U.S. Supreme Court cases
With a notable paucity of dissents and not a single word to say about same-sex marriage, health care or housing discrimination, the court’s liberal justices prevailed in almost every important case in recent months.
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Federal employee healthcare providers can no longer exclude transition-related services
The change, announced Tuesday by the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, will be effective Jan. 1, 2016, and impacts plans that federal employees can select during open enrollment this fall.
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Alaska same-sex couples will have to marry to keep state health benefits
The decision by the Alaska State Employees Association’s board of trustees comes after an October ruling legalized same-sex marriage in Alaska.
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Providence, R.I., to extend transition-related health coverage to city workers
The city of Providence is extending transition-related health coverage for employees and retirees who identify as transgender or gender non-conforming.
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New York AG takes on transgender discrimination in health care
New York’s attorney general has started a program to ensure transgender individuals have equal access to health care.