New protections for transgender patients are cominghttp://www.marketplace.org/topics/health-care/new-protections-transgender-patients-are-comingMarketplace
by Dan Gorenstein
Monday, November 2, 2015 - 05:00
For years, transgender adults have faced discrimination in healthcare so hostile it's almost laughable. Almost.
"A trans-woman broke her arm playing softball," said Mara Keisling, executive director the National Center for Transgender Equality. "The insurance company refused to pay for it because if she hadn't been transgender she wouldn't have been playing softball. There's just a million stories like that."
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is finalizing specific provisions of a rule under the Affordable Care Act that broadens civil rights protection.****************************
This is very encouraging news. Dies it mean universal transition health insurance coverage? At least it seems like a lot more coverage if insurance comanies may no longer deny transition related coverage. Keep your fingers crossed.
Friday is the deadline for the Obama Administration to finalize new rules.
