Portland wants to expand employee health benefits to include sex changes
http://www.kval.com/news/local/83556672.htmlMargy Lynch
2/4/10
PORTLAND, Ore. - The city of Portland wants to expand its medical coverage for employees who want to get a sex change, a move that will cost $108,000 a year.
According to Mayor Sam Adam's spokesman, Roy Kaufmann, the city would pay 95 percent of the cost for the procedure and leave the remaining five percent for employees to pay out of pocket.
He said it would cover a lifetime benefit of $75,000 for each employee who gets gender reassignment surgery. Employees covered under the city's core plan would pay about $20 a year more in premiums.
