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Trans Medicaid Denial OKed

Started by Natasha, August 14, 2008, 03:29:42 PM

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Natasha

August 14, 2008, 03:29:42 PM
Trans Medicaid Denial OKed

http://www.gaycitynews.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=20017462&BRD=2729&PAG=461&dept_id=568864&rfi=6
ARTHUR S. LEONARD
08/14/2008

A legal challenge to a state regulation prohibiting the use of Medicaid funds to pay for sex reassignment treatment - implemented by the administration of former Republican Governor George Pataki - was rejected by US District Judge P. Kevin Castel on August 5.


Castel found that the regulation does not violate the constitutional right to equal protection of the law, and that the plaintiff, whose coverage for hormone treatment had been provided for decades until they were cut off when the Pataki regulation took effect, has no legal claim against the state for violating her right to continued Medicaid coverage to maintain her feminine body characteristics.
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mickie88

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August 15, 2008, 10:35:04 AM
not even the least bit shocked...
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