Lambda Legal Sues State of Alaska for Denying Health Care Coverage to Transgender Employee
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"All that I am asking is that the
The AlaskaCare plan contains a blanket exclusion of transition-related surgical treatment, which has existed in the plan since at least 1979. Because of the exclusion, Fletcher had to pay out of her own pocket for surgical treatment in 2017. Beginning in 2018, the AlaskaCare plan began covering transition-related hormone therapy, recognizing that such treatment is medically necessary, but continues to categorically prohibit coverage for transition-related surgical treatment, even though it can also be medically necessary.
In its lawsuit,
"Whether your insurance will cover medically necessary treatment should not depend on who you are," added Lambda Legal Counsel
All mainstream medical associations including the
Read more about the case, Fletcher v.
For more information about transgender rights, visit: https://www.lambdalegal.org/issues/transgender-rights
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