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Title: US: Massachusetts to cover transgender medical care in state health plan
Post by: Olivia P on July 01, 2014, 01:26:02 AM
Post by: Olivia P on July 01, 2014, 01:26:02 AM
30th June 2014, 5:57 PM
Alice Milliken
Massachusetts has become the third state to cover all trans-related medical care in its government health plan.
Joining Vermont and California, Massachusetts now includes gender reassignment surgery as a standard benefit under its government health plan.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick moved to bar private insurers from denying coverage for gender reassignment surgery and other treatments necessary for transgender patients
More: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/06/30/us-massachusetts-to-cover-transgender-medical-care-in-state-health-plan/
Alice Milliken
Massachusetts has become the third state to cover all trans-related medical care in its government health plan.
Joining Vermont and California, Massachusetts now includes gender reassignment surgery as a standard benefit under its government health plan.
Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick moved to bar private insurers from denying coverage for gender reassignment surgery and other treatments necessary for transgender patients
More: http://www.pinknews.co.uk/2014/06/30/us-massachusetts-to-cover-transgender-medical-care-in-state-health-plan/