Florida bill on driver's licenses, insurance for trans people moves forward in House
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Florida Today by Finch Walker on January 23, 2024
A year ago, Florida Republicans added hurdles to transgender health care and restrictions on public bathrooms. Now, they've moved on to a new issue: driver's licenses and health insurance.
On Monday, the Florida House Select Committee on Health Innovation OK'd legislation (HB 1639) on a 11-4 vote that would require driver's licenses to display the carrier's sex at birth rather than their gender identity.
It would also require all insurances, health benefit plans and health maintenance contracts in the state that cover trans-related health care to also cover detransition care, defined as discontinuing or seeking to reverse gender-affirming medical or surgical interventions.
I really wonder. To what end this? Are we as a demographic that fearsome? Awesome maybe! Fearsome, not so much. Once upon a time, Robert Heinlein wrote that when a society requires citizens to register, it's time to move.
"The most important thing to do in your life is not interfere with somebody else's Life." - Robert Heinlein