Medicare

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

Effectively immediately, the medically necessary hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery will be covered.

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.

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.

WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) on Tuesday introduced the Social Security and Medicare Parity Act in the U.S. House, a bill to close loopholes in the Social Security Act and guarantee that all married couples, including same-sex couples, receive the Social Security and Medicare spouse and survivor benefits that they have earned.

SAN FRANCISCO — Transgender people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied coverage for gender reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex.

WASHINGTON — The Obama Administration announced Thursday that same-sex spouses will be recognized in administering several aspects of the Medicare program, regardless of where the couple resides.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that all beneficiaries in private Medicare plans have access to equal coverage when it comes to care in a nursing home where their spouse lives.

WASHINGTON — The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued an official policy guidance Monday making it clear that same-sex partners and others must be given equal visitation rights at long-term care facilities, regardless of their marital status.