Vermont nurses win healthcare victory for transgender people

http://www.aft.org/newspubs/news/2013/060613vermont.cfm
6/6/13

The Vermont Federation of Nurses and Health Professionals and a coalition of community organizations have successfully removed health insurance barriers for the state's transgender community.

"Because of our leadership, the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation issued a bulletin that instructs insurance companies to provide medically necessary care, regardless of gender identity," says VFNHP president Mari Cordes.

Vermont becomes the fourth state where insurance regulators have issued bulletins clarifying that their state laws prohibit insurance discrimination against transgender people. The other states are California, Colorado and Oregon, in addition to the District of Columbia.

This is great news coming out of Vermont (maybe I ought to move there). Gender dysphoria is a medical condition. If surgery can correct it then folks should be able to get insurance to cover it. The problem is that isurance companies, big pharma, and the medical establishment are in bed together, concerned only with making profits rather than treating people.