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Being a Transgender Person is No Longer a Pre-existing Condition

Started by Shana A, March 30, 2010, 09:23:45 AM

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Shana A

March 30, 2010, 09:23:45 AM
Being a Transgender Person is No Longer a Pre-existing Condition

http://transgenderequality.wordpress.com/2010/03/29/being-a-transgender-person-is-no-longer-a-pre-existing-condition/

In a historic moment, President Obama signed the health care reform bill into law last week. The law will allow millions of Americans to be able to afford insurance coverage and to access quality health care. In expanding access to health care, the law addresses one of many social justice issues we encounter today in American society.

Transgender people can be rest assured that insurance companies cannot deny or drop coverage to an individual because that individual is transgender. The health care reform law bans insurance companies from dropping or denying coverage to individuals or their dependents because of their pre-existing conditions. Thus, being a transgender person cannot be denied coverage or dropped by an insurance company because the insurance company considers transgender people to have a pre-existing condition. However, we should note that this portion of the health care reform law will not be enforced until 2014.
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