Quote from: dbramer on January 20, 2017, 04:17:35 PM
It looks like Target has the same plan and they cover finasteride also.

You all know how to lift a girl's spirits 

Cuz we all been there, done that, sweetie, it take a village, ya know?

Always glad to help, if I can...

Smile, your future is coming!!! :-)

Missy

It would be worth discussing with your therapist, but they generally bill sessions to a condition that is covered by th patient's insurance.

Whittman-Walker in DC wasn't too expensive out of pocket even before I had got on the sliding scale. With no sliding scale was like $150 for doctors appointments and $50 for 3 months of hormones for me. That was a little while back, but all things considered that was pretty reasonable for a high standard of care with people who were very respectful of my gender identity. I was from Virginia, so MD should be fine I imagine as well.

Edit:
Also while your insurance shouldn't be covered under section 1557 of the ACA (if anything is at all anymore) It seems like MD's state laws should at least protect you. If Healthcare is a public accommodation in MD, then under §20-304 it clearly spells out Gender Identity right? It might be that their policy is very much illegal, but they don't have anyone telling them it violates state law, I would say it would be worth it at least to contact MCCR, and ask them to do an inquiry http://mccr.maryland.gov/

Quote from: Hikari on January 21, 2017, 04:10:53 AM
Whittman-Walker in DC wasn't too expensive out of pocket even before I had got on the sliding scale. With no sliding scale was like $150 for doctors appointments and $50 for 3 months of hormones for me. That was a little while back, but all things considered that was pretty reasonable for a high standard of care with people who were very respectful of my gender identity. I was from Virginia, so MD should be fine I imagine as well.

Edit:
Also while your insurance shouldn't be covered under section 1557 of the ACA (if anything is at all anymore) It seems like MD's state laws should at least protect you. If Healthcare is a public accommodation in MD, then under §20-304 it clearly spells out Gender Identity right? It might be that their policy is very much illegal, but they don't have anyone telling them it violates state law, I would say it would be worth it at least to contact MCCR, and ask them to do an inquiry http://mccr.maryland.gov/

The insurance company said since they were self-funded, they didn't have to follow state or federal mandates for coverage.  It's a loophole.  But thanks for the update on Whitman-Walker.  I will still send an email and also see what we might be able to do here to get that loophole closed.