When will insurance cover trans heath care???! It's so difficult just to pay for hormones. The thought of SRS is incredibly daunting...not because of it's risks & such but because of it's price tag. Is there any plan for SRS to be covered in the near future? Are people working on & fighting for this to become a reality somewhere??!! I joke with friends "by the time I can afford it, it'll be covered!!!" humph
My insurance covers most of my hormones' cost. In fact I picked up my refills yesterday and it cost me $10.00
it just doesn't cover SRS. So you may want to check again because cis women also have HRT and it would be covered too.
Oh, and my Endo to me that generic Estradiol is on Walmarts $4 prescription list.
Granted it has been many years, but I never had a problem with BC/BS paying for prescriptions, therapy and bloodwork. The key on the bloodwork was ensuring that it was coded 'correctly.'
I never looked to have them cover surgical costs, but then again, back then I was only looking at $7K.
Current insurance does not know about any of the prior issues...so they pick up the annual trek I make to the GYN without question.