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Title: Despite Medical Need, /Transgender Medical Needs Go Unaddressed at Most Colleges
Post by: SandraJane on October 31, 2011, 02:28:51 PM
Post by: SandraJane on October 31, 2011, 02:28:51 PM
CAMPUS * PROGRESS
Despite Medical Need, Transgender Students Find Procedures Uninsured
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2011 by Shay O'Reilly
http://campusprogress.org/articles/despite_medical_need_transgender_students_find_procedures_uninsured/ (http://campusprogress.org/articles/despite_medical_need_transgender_students_find_procedures_uninsured/)
University of Iowa graduate student stef shuster's health insurance covers many needs, but not the $10,000 they spent on chest surgery. shuster is transgender, and as a result their healthcare policy—purchased through the university—does not cover what is considered by healthcare professionals to be a medical necessity.
"I can only dream about what else that money could have been spent on," shuster wrote in an e-mail. "I honestly don't know how I pulled it together in order to pay for that. It is an exorbitant amount of money—almost what I make in one year on my graduate student salary, to put it in perspective."
Advocate.com
Transgender Medical Needs Go Unaddressed at Most Colleges
By Michelle Garcia | Posted on Advocate.com October 29, 2011 12:55:04 PM ET
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/29/Transgender_Medical_Needs_Go_Unaddressed_at_Most_Colleges/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/29/Transgender_Medical_Needs_Go_Unaddressed_at_Most_Colleges/)
Transgender college students across the country say more needs to be done to cover their medical needs under university-provided health care plans, according to Campus Progress.
Most college and university health policies cover some procedures such as chest reduction surgeries and hormonal treatments for non-transgender people, similar treatment is not afforded to transgender students.
Despite Medical Need, Transgender Students Find Procedures Uninsured
Posted Thursday, October 27, 2011 by Shay O'Reilly
http://campusprogress.org/articles/despite_medical_need_transgender_students_find_procedures_uninsured/ (http://campusprogress.org/articles/despite_medical_need_transgender_students_find_procedures_uninsured/)
University of Iowa graduate student stef shuster's health insurance covers many needs, but not the $10,000 they spent on chest surgery. shuster is transgender, and as a result their healthcare policy—purchased through the university—does not cover what is considered by healthcare professionals to be a medical necessity.
"I can only dream about what else that money could have been spent on," shuster wrote in an e-mail. "I honestly don't know how I pulled it together in order to pay for that. It is an exorbitant amount of money—almost what I make in one year on my graduate student salary, to put it in perspective."
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Advocate.com
Transgender Medical Needs Go Unaddressed at Most Colleges
By Michelle Garcia | Posted on Advocate.com October 29, 2011 12:55:04 PM ET
http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/29/Transgender_Medical_Needs_Go_Unaddressed_at_Most_Colleges/ (http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/29/Transgender_Medical_Needs_Go_Unaddressed_at_Most_Colleges/)
Transgender college students across the country say more needs to be done to cover their medical needs under university-provided health care plans, according to Campus Progress.
Most college and university health policies cover some procedures such as chest reduction surgeries and hormonal treatments for non-transgender people, similar treatment is not afforded to transgender students.