Transgender woman denied mammogram wins battle with health insurance company
Aetna reverses itself after Beth Scott sought help from a legal defense organization
By Lindsay Goldwert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Thursday, May 3, 2012, 12:27 PM
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Beth Scott was shocked when her insurance company denied coverage for her routine mammogram.
She soon figured out why.
Aetna, Scott's health insurance carrier, stated that the procedure fell under her policy's exclusion for treatments "related to changing sex."
Scott, a 44-year-old transgender woman from New Jersey, had developed breasts after undergoing hormone therapy.
Her physician had advised her to seek the breast cancer check.
I've heard a few similar horror stories about the US health system but this is just stupid.
It suggests only women can get breast cancer, which presumably the mammogram is being used to detect.
Setting side that this is a woman in the report, even the most virile male hunk can get breast cancer.
Quote from: spacial on May 05, 2012, 08:16:43 AM
I've heard a few similar horror stories about the US health system but this is just stupid.
It suggests only women can get breast cancer, which presumably the mammogram is being used to detect.
Setting side that this is a woman in the report, even the most virile male hunk can get breast cancer.
Yet another example of an insurance company being "penny wise and pound foolish."