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Title: Federal Court: N.Y. Had Right to Halt Medicaid Funding for Gender Reassignment
Post by: Natasha on August 10, 2008, 11:49:25 AM
Post by: Natasha on August 10, 2008, 11:49:25 AM
Federal Court: N.Y. Had Right to Halt Medicaid Funding for Gender Reassignment
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423665380 (http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423665380)
Noeleen G. Walder
8/11/2008
A federal court has held that New York state had the right to stop
using Medicaid funds to cover the cost of gender reassignment
treatments for a 48-year-old plaintiff who has been living as a woman
since the age of 20.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423665380 (http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202423665380)
Noeleen G. Walder
8/11/2008
A federal court has held that New York state had the right to stop
using Medicaid funds to cover the cost of gender reassignment
treatments for a 48-year-old plaintiff who has been living as a woman
since the age of 20.
Title: Re: Federal Court: N.Y. Had Right to Halt Medicaid Funding for Gender Reassignme
Post by: tekla on August 10, 2008, 01:41:09 PM
Post by: tekla on August 10, 2008, 01:41:09 PM
Crappy decision, but if you depend on other people (in this case the state) to get things done for you, you are allowing other people to control you.