Wisconsin ordered to pay for gender reassignment surgeries
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"The likelihood of ongoing, irreparable harm facing these two individual plaintiffs outweighs any marginal impacts on the defendants' stated concerns regarding public health or limiting costs," Conley said in the 39-page order.
Flack could get his surgery in two or three weeks, said Attorney
Flack, who has cerebral palsy, uses a motorized wheelchair and relies on Supplemental Security Income for the disabled as his sole support. He first identified as a boy at age 5, according the lawsuit. Makenzie is also is disabled and relies on Supplemental Security Income. She has been living as a woman since 2012.
"This is tremendous," Pledl said of the ruling.
The state's Medicaid has a budget of approximately
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