Now the US feds have ruled that ACA prohibits insurance & medical services from excluding trans-specific healthcare: https://www.buzzfeed.com/dominicholden/new-obamacare-rule-protects-transgender-patients …
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Replying to @metasynthie
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@metasynthie What I'm trying to figure out: - Which specific medical treatments must be covered? - Which plans are covered by the rule?5 replies 5 retweets 10 likes -
Replying to @mcclure111
So far what I'm hearing is this is Oregon/California style— all insurance must cover HRT+mascectomy+orchi, "-plasty" surgeries prolly not
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Replying to @mcclure111
My initial read is total parity, so yeah, depends on whether "-plasty" is covered at all for anyone.
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@EmilyGorcenski I wonder how many insurers ever cover breast implants for post-mascectomy breast cancer patients.4 replies 0 retweets 3 likes
Replying to @mcclure111
I'm thinking like burn/trauma recovery maybe?
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