V.A. Looks to End Ban on Sex Reassignment Surgery for Transgender Veterans

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V.A. Looks to End Ban on Sex Reassignment Surgery for Transgender Veterans

Katy Steinmetz
6/2/16

http://time.com/4353954/va-surgery-ban-transgnder-remove/

The Department of Veterans Affairs has quietly proposed lifting a ban on sex reassignment surgery that has been in place since the early 1990s, in what would be a major shift in its coverage of medical treatment for transgender veterans.

The V.A.'s proposed rule would follow in the footsteps of a similar change Medicare made in 2014, and would align the V.A. with the latest research on treatment options for transgender people, which has evolved since the V.A.'s ban was instituted more than two decades ago.