CAMPUS * PROGRESS

Despite Medical Need, Transgender Students Find Procedures Uninsured

Posted Thursday, October 27, 2011 by Shay O'Reilly


http://campusprogress.org/articles/despite_medical_need_transgender_students_find_procedures_uninsured/


University of Iowa graduate student stef shuster's health insurance covers many needs, but not the $10,000 they spent on chest surgery. shuster is transgender, and as a result their healthcare policy—purchased through the university—does not cover what is considered by healthcare professionals to be a medical necessity.

"I can only dream about what else that money could have been spent on," shuster wrote in an e-mail. "I honestly don't know how I pulled it together in order to pay for that. It is an exorbitant amount of money—almost what I make in one year on my graduate student salary, to put it in perspective."







Advocate.com

Transgender Medical Needs Go Unaddressed at Most Colleges

By Michelle Garcia | Posted on Advocate.com October 29, 2011 12:55:04 PM ET


http://www.advocate.com/News/Daily_News/2011/10/29/Transgender_Medical_Needs_Go_Unaddressed_at_Most_Colleges/



Transgender college students across the country say more needs to be done to cover their medical needs under university-provided health care plans, according to  Campus Progress.

Most college and university health policies cover some procedures such as chest reduction surgeries and hormonal treatments for non-transgender people, similar treatment is not afforded to transgender students.