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Title: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: Butterfly on February 21, 2011, 01:50:16 PM
Post by: Butterfly on February 21, 2011, 01:50:16 PM
More US companies covering transgender surgery
The Associated Press
21 February, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gthubjhEvzGucAKr6oyuVId30Aww?docId=a540b0a6258c46aeaa589e11c50aa39e (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gthubjhEvzGucAKr6oyuVId30Aww?docId=a540b0a6258c46aeaa589e11c50aa39e)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Gina Duncan decided to undergo the medical treatment that would make her a woman, she had plenty to fear. The reactions of her children, her professional colleagues and friends. How her body would respond to hours on the operating table. If, at the end of it, she would look female enough so strangers wouldn't gawk.
What the Orlando mortgage banker didn't have to be anxious about was how she would pay for two of her surgeries. Her employer of 10 years, Wells Fargo, included breast augmentation and genital reconstruction as coverable expenses under its employee health plan. Duncan was told the San Francisco-based bank already had had 16 other employees transition to new genders and assigned a benefits specialist to walk her through the process.
The Associated Press
21 February, 2011
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gthubjhEvzGucAKr6oyuVId30Aww?docId=a540b0a6258c46aeaa589e11c50aa39e (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gthubjhEvzGucAKr6oyuVId30Aww?docId=a540b0a6258c46aeaa589e11c50aa39e)
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — When Gina Duncan decided to undergo the medical treatment that would make her a woman, she had plenty to fear. The reactions of her children, her professional colleagues and friends. How her body would respond to hours on the operating table. If, at the end of it, she would look female enough so strangers wouldn't gawk.
What the Orlando mortgage banker didn't have to be anxious about was how she would pay for two of her surgeries. Her employer of 10 years, Wells Fargo, included breast augmentation and genital reconstruction as coverable expenses under its employee health plan. Duncan was told the San Francisco-based bank already had had 16 other employees transition to new genders and assigned a benefits specialist to walk her through the process.
Title: Transgender surgery gets coverage
Post by: Sarah Louise on February 21, 2011, 04:17:37 PM
Post by: Sarah Louise on February 21, 2011, 04:17:37 PM
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41705893/ns/business-consumer_news?GT1=43001 (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/41705893/ns/business-consumer_news?GT1=43001)
Headline on MSN.
More major companies are quietly adding transgender surgery to the employee health plan.
Headline on MSN.
More major companies are quietly adding transgender surgery to the employee health plan.
Title: Re: Transgender surgery gets coverage
Post by: Elijah3291 on February 21, 2011, 04:25:00 PM
Post by: Elijah3291 on February 21, 2011, 04:25:00 PM
don't read the comments below the article though (ugh!)
how can you know if your insurance covers transgender surgeries? i don't work, but I am on my dads insurance.
how can you know if your insurance covers transgender surgeries? i don't work, but I am on my dads insurance.
Title: Re: Transgender surgery gets coverage
Post by: Sarah Louise on February 21, 2011, 04:42:47 PM
Post by: Sarah Louise on February 21, 2011, 04:42:47 PM
I didn't see the comments, sorry. (Actually, I still haven't looked)
Title: Re: Transgender surgery gets coverage
Post by: Joelene9 on February 21, 2011, 05:18:38 PM
Post by: Joelene9 on February 21, 2011, 05:18:38 PM
Quote from: Elijah on February 21, 2011, 04:25:00 PMIt will say in the insurance plan booklet or in any of the addendums to that the company gives it's employees. Look in "What is not covered" section first. Mine always said "Sex change surgery" under the "What is not covered".
how can you know if your insurance covers transgender surgeries? i don't work, but I am on my dads insurance.
Joelene
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: Elijah3291 on February 21, 2011, 08:17:26 PM
Post by: Elijah3291 on February 21, 2011, 08:17:26 PM
my dad is in Texas and i'm sure he has all of the information, all he is sending me is the card, so i'm not sure how to figure out what is covered, its blue cross blue shield, anyone have any experience with them?
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: tekla on February 21, 2011, 09:28:51 PM
Post by: tekla on February 21, 2011, 09:28:51 PM
BC/BS is like a banquet menu in a Chinese joint, one from column A, two from column B deal. They write whatever policy the company wants written.
Title: Want a sex change? Work for Coke: How America's biggest corporations are paying
Post by: Shana A on February 22, 2011, 03:21:29 PM
Post by: Shana A on February 22, 2011, 03:21:29 PM
Want a sex change? Work for Coke: How America's biggest corporations are paying for transgender surgeries
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:06 PM on 22nd February 2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359279/Want-sex-change-Work-Coke-How-Americas-biggest-corporations-paying-transgender-surgeries.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359279/Want-sex-change-Work-Coke-How-Americas-biggest-corporations-paying-transgender-surgeries.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)
They're among the biggest corporations in the world, largely because they do what it takes to stay competitive.
So when some of Wall Street's biggest names were faced with losing valuable employees, or paying thousands to reassign their genders, it was an easy decision.
Now corporate giants such as Coca Cola, Yahoo!, American Express and AT&T are expanding their insurance coverage to meet the needs of transgender employees.
By Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:06 PM on 22nd February 2011
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359279/Want-sex-change-Work-Coke-How-Americas-biggest-corporations-paying-transgender-surgeries.html?ito=feeds-newsxml (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359279/Want-sex-change-Work-Coke-How-Americas-biggest-corporations-paying-transgender-surgeries.html?ito=feeds-newsxml)
They're among the biggest corporations in the world, largely because they do what it takes to stay competitive.
So when some of Wall Street's biggest names were faced with losing valuable employees, or paying thousands to reassign their genders, it was an easy decision.
Now corporate giants such as Coca Cola, Yahoo!, American Express and AT&T are expanding their insurance coverage to meet the needs of transgender employees.
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: Elijah3291 on February 22, 2011, 04:05:32 PM
Post by: Elijah3291 on February 22, 2011, 04:05:32 PM
$75,000? O-o wow, I could get my hysto and top surgery. I think I should work for the Coke company if they are still doing this once I get out of college, sure its not a dream job but I could keep it for a bit!
Or maybe, by the time I start looking for a career other companies will have joined in.
Or maybe, by the time I start looking for a career other companies will have joined in.
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: LordKAT on February 23, 2011, 02:38:56 AM
Post by: LordKAT on February 23, 2011, 02:38:56 AM
If you want to know what is covered under any bc/bs plan, you can call them or go on line and fidn out. You need to have the plan number and the id number for either. If you go online it is more detailed but it takes a day or two since they do e mail verification and also check to see if your plan is current and that you are a currently eligible person under the plan before allowing you access.
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: tekla on February 23, 2011, 06:46:01 AM
Post by: tekla on February 23, 2011, 06:46:01 AM
$75,000? O-o wow, I could get my hysto and top surgery. I think I should work for the Coke company...
Where are you going to college? A MBA from Wharton after you finish Harvard? Most companies offer lots of different insurance policies depending on what job they are hiring you for. Was this about a janitor, or entry-level position, no, it's about an assistant vice president. And at 52 years old the person in the article had been paying into that insurance for 25-30 more or less. No one is going to give you benefits worth more than they are paying you, or more than they can recoup from you.
Where are you going to college? A MBA from Wharton after you finish Harvard? Most companies offer lots of different insurance policies depending on what job they are hiring you for. Was this about a janitor, or entry-level position, no, it's about an assistant vice president. And at 52 years old the person in the article had been paying into that insurance for 25-30 more or less. No one is going to give you benefits worth more than they are paying you, or more than they can recoup from you.
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: Epigania on February 23, 2011, 09:44:10 PM
Post by: Epigania on February 23, 2011, 09:44:10 PM
Ugh ... The spew in the comments for that article are saddening.
You know, I'm convinced that if the internet was around in the 60's we'd still have segregation in the US. It's made it way too easy for ignorant and uneducated people to make their opinions sound like the mainstream of society.
You know, I'm convinced that if the internet was around in the 60's we'd still have segregation in the US. It's made it way too easy for ignorant and uneducated people to make their opinions sound like the mainstream of society.
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: Michelle. on February 23, 2011, 10:36:48 PM
Post by: Michelle. on February 23, 2011, 10:36:48 PM
Or maybe the counter-protesters of the civil rights movement would have stayed home...
Title: Re: More US companies covering transgender surgery
Post by: xAndrewx on February 24, 2011, 02:09:15 AM
Post by: xAndrewx on February 24, 2011, 02:09:15 AM
Awesome! I just read this and thought to look up my employer. I just found out that if I get full time I can get insurance (probably an expensive plan but oh well) that will cover my top surgery, a hysterectomy, and a meta! Suddenly my job seems worth so much more.... That was in 2006 though, I wonder if that is still the case. Oddly enough it said they don't cover testosterone for transguys though. The cheapest thing of all isn't covered, kinda odd