Rights group: More US companies covering cost of reassignment surgery for transgender workers
By Associated Press, Published: December 7 | Updated: Thursday, December 8, 3:57 AM
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/apnewsbreak-more-us-companies-covering-cost-of-reassignment-surgery-for-transgender-workers/2011/12/07/gIQAVrYmdO_story.htmlSAN FRANCISCO — The number of major U.S. companies covering the cost of gender reassignment surgery for transgender workers has more than doubled in the past year, according to a new scorecard compiled by the nation's largest gay rights group.
The Human Rights Campaign said in a report to be published Thursday that 207 of the 636 businesses it surveyed for its annual Corporate Equality Index either are already providing transgender- inclusive employee health benefits or plan to at the start of the new year.
Last year, 85 companies had insurance plans that paid for sex transformation surgeries, and only 49 did in 2009. A decade ago, when the campaign launched the index, none did.
