Medicaid

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

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

All he wanted was a cup of coffee. What he got was a thorough lip-lashing.

And new federal rules would seem to support his cause

A lawsuit filed in South Florida federal court alleges one of the nation’s largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care bilked federal Medicare and Medicaid programs in a $20 million dollars scam that spanned in a 12-states.

Proposed regulations would cover hormone therapy and sex reassignment surgery for low-income New Yorkers under the state’s Medicaid program.

Despite Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage, the coverage extends to those married out-of-state in order to comply with a federal rule.

The new regulations would revise language to ensure terms like “spouse” and “representative” include gay and lesbian spouses for the purposes of healthcare visitation and decision-making.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Oregon’s Medicaid program will soon pay for gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy and other treatments for transgender patients, becoming on Thursday the third state besides the District of Columbia to extend coverage to gender dysphoria treatments.

BOSTON — A range of gender identity treatments — including hormone therapy and gender-reassignment surgery — could soon be covered in both private insurance and in public programs for Massachusetts residents. The Patrick administration said Friday that it’s seeking to extend health care coverage for medically necessary treatments needed to address gender identity or gender […]