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Judge Rules Wisconsin Must Cover Sex-Change Treatments under Medicaid
U.S. District Judge William Conley has ruled that Wisconsin cannot exclude gender-reassignment treatments from coverage under the Medicaid program. Judge Conley struck down a 1997 Department of Health Services directive that excluded “transsexual surgery” and hormonal treatment, ruling that denying the treatments constituted sex discrimination under the federal Affordable Care Act (Obamacare).
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Tagged Affordable Care Act, detransition, Medicaid, National Institutes of Health, sexual reassignment surgery, William Conley
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