Medicaid

Wisconsin has started covering trans healthcare as GOP governor gets ready to leave office

The state's Insurance Board decided in 2016 to cover expenses related to transitions, but Governor Scott Walker (R) told them to reverse their decision.

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The religious right feels betrayed by Kavanaugh’s vote in Planned Parenthood cases

"“Now we know, for certain, that Brett Kavanaugh is a fraud. He should never have been President Trump’s first choice. He’s a weakling."

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The South needs PrEP the most, so why are the fewest prescriptions written there?

And why don't some doctors know what it is and what it can do?

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Transgender people opting for gender confirmation surgery is dramatically on the rise

But will the Trump administration's attacks against the transgender community include ignoring an Obamacare mandate that helped make this positive trend a possibility?

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Trump’s lackluster response to the Opioid crisis is putting LGBTQ people at risk

Trump appointed pollster Kellyanne Conway as opioids czar in November before firing the entire Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS in December.

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Why you should be happy Republicans have delayed their disastrous health care plan

After the Congressional Budget Office showed the plan would kick 22 million Americans off the healthcare rolls, suddenly the plan was even less popular.

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Senate Republicans reveal secretive health care bill & spark massive outrage

Capitol police got physical with protesters in wheelchairs in front of Senator Mitch McConnell's office.

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Republican says state will balance budget by cutting transgender care

The bizarre conversation made one Democrat say, "See, I thought we were having a rational discussion."

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Minnesota judge overturns ban on transgender insurance coverage

“The judge’s ruling is a forceful statement that transgender people deserve equal treatment under the law.”

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NY considers Medicaid coverage of hormone treatment for transgender youth

New York State is considering offering Medicaid coverage to transgender patience under 18 who wish to undergo hormone replacement therapy.

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