Appeals court ruling creates 'lower-class citizenship' for transgender people, judge says
Anna Lange must go to trial to prove her employer discriminated against her by excluding coverage for gender transition.
September 12, 2025
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Trump quietly bans federal health insurance from covering gender-affirming care
The largest federal health insurance provider now bans coverage for gender-affirming care, but allows "faith-based counseling."
August 19, 2025
PrEP Health Insurance Coverage to Remain Intact - For Now
Lawyers for both sides agreed to a compromise while the case on prevenantive health care coverage makes its way through the appeals process.
June 13, 2023
Health insurance company Aetna announces LGBTQ+ fertility coverage equality
The insurer is the first to level the playing field for prospective LGBTQ+ parents.
August 27, 2024
Op-ed: Why Insurance Is a Dirty Word If You're Trans
Getting insurance coverage for transition-related expenses remains woefully byzantine.
March 25, 2015
The High Cost of Gender-Confirmation Procedures
The bills can run into the tens of thousands of dollars, and insurance coverage remains rare.
November 3, 2015
Trans Woman Sues 'Christian' Company Over Denial of Coverage for Transition Care
Turbocam's insurance plans exclude any coverage for this care, so Lillian Bernier is suing.
November 22, 2023
BREAKING: Supreme Court rules to save free access to PrEP and other preventive care
The defendants in the case previously argued that requiring insurance coverage of PrEP access was similar to supporting homosexuality.
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June 27, 2025
More Good News for Trans New Yorkers
New York becomes the 9th jurisdiction to ban health insurers from denying transgender patients coverage for medically necessary healthcare.
December 11, 2014
BREAKING: U.S. House passes defense spending bill with anti-trans provision
The bill, which now goes to the Senate, would deny insurance coverage for gender-affirming care for trans children of service members.
December 11, 2024
California Bans Insurance Discrimination Against Trans Patients
With a clarifying directive, California becomes the third state (plus Washington, D.C.) to expressly prohibit discrimination against transgender people in health insurance coverage.
April 10, 2013
Supreme Court hands RFK Jr. new power over Americans’ health, buried in PrEP case ruling
While the justices upheld the coverage requirement for insurance companies to pay for preventive care at no cost to the patient, they also gave the HHS secretary more power.
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June 27, 2025
Fed Government Helps Gay Couples Find Health Coverage
Same-sex couples now have the same government-backed resource as heterosexual married couples when it comes to finding health insurance coverage.
February 8, 2012
D.C. Mayor Makes Major Move Expanding Trans Health Care
Transgender Washington, D.C., residents will now be able to purchase insurance policies that include coverage for transition-related care on the D.C. health exchange or through Medicaid benefits.
February 27, 2014
Trans healthcare, abortion, & more: These are the LGBTQ+ laws that took effect January 1
Here are the biggest pieces of legislation for bodily autonomy that are now in the law of the land.
January 9, 2024
Ron DeSantis Signs Four Bills Into Law Restricting LGBTQ+ Rights in Florida
The bills include an expansion of "don't say gay," a ban on gender-affirming care, restrictions on bathroom use, and restrictions on drag shows.
May 17, 2023
Texas quietly restricts gender-affirming care for trans adults: 'Canary in the coalmine'
Texas Medicaid will no longer cover gender affirming care for transgender adults as of tomorrow.
February 29, 2024
Nevada: State Health Insurers Cannot Discriminate Against Trans People
The Silver State becomes the 10th nationwide to knock down certain barriers to transition-related coverage, though not all trans citizens can rejoice just yet.
June 22, 2015
Getting Covered While Trans: An Open Letter on Open Enrollment
Untangling the complications surrounding Obamacare and trans-specific exclusions.
December 9, 2015
HHS Orders Insurers to Cover All Married Same-Sex Couples
If insurance companies provide family benefits to married opposite-sex couples, they must offer the same benefits to legally married same-sex couples, the Department of Health and Human Services said today.
March 14, 2014
Threat to Affordable Care Act's Preventive Coverage Puts Public Health at Risk
A federal judge’s ruling in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra. is a deeply flawed decision that flies in the face of sound public health policy, according to the American Medical Association's president.
April 17, 2023