ACA Bans On Sex-Based Discrimination Covers Transpeople
http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/08/aca-bans-on-sex-based-discrimination.html (http://transgriot.blogspot.com/2012/08/aca-bans-on-sex-based-discrimination.html)
8/7/12
Monica Roberts
TransGriot Note: Sharing this wonderful news I received from the Task Force concerning the Affordable Care Act
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recently confirmed that the Affordable Care Act's ban on sex-based discrimination includes discrimination based on gender identity. This affirms the Task Force's longstanding position that federal civil rights statutes that prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex include protections against discrimination on the basis of gender identity. This means that no one can be discriminated against because of their gender identity or because of a health care provider's stereotype about sex – what a man or a woman "ought to look like."
Joining California, Colorado, Oregon, and Vermont, Connecticut will become the fifth state to require health insurance providers to cover treatments related to gender transition.
A December 19th bulletin prohibits a health insurer from implementing blanket policy exclusions for transition-related care. Insurers will still be allowed to evaluate the medical necessity of any given treatment on a case by case basis, much like they'd evaluate any other insurance claim.
Izzy
Am I dreaming this or is it real? :o