The court ruled that gender identity is a protected characteristic & Medicaid bans on treatments for gender dysphoria are unconstitutional
The Attorneys General filed a brief in a case in which trans people in Florida have been denied Medicaid coverage for gender affirming care
According to plaintiff's lawyers, there are up to 9,000 Medicaid transgender enrollees in Florida receiving gender-affirming care
1.3 million adults in the U.S. identify as transgender and approximately 276,000 of them are enrolled in Medicaid
Lambda Legal said the group was considering “all possible avenues for challenging this discriminatory rulemaking”
“Attempts to restrict, challenge, or falsely characterize this potentially lifesaving care as abuse is dangerous"
Lambda Legal tells the LA Blade its “exploring all possible avenues for challenging this discriminatory rulemaking”
Fain v. Crouch is litigation challenging blanket exclusions of coverage for gender-confirming care in West Virginia’s state health plans
Should Florida’s Health Care Administration enact the rule, approximately 9,000 trans Floridians insured with Medicaid could be impacted
Newsom has this year proposed expanding Medi-Cal to all eligible residents, regardless of age or immigration status
