Insurance For GCS?

Will we have insurance for Gender Conforming Surgery and cross gender hormones in the future?

There is an article in the Federal Times that reports there might be…

Is the administration moving to include transgender care in federal health insurance coverage?
December 9th, 2013
Posted by Andy Medici

The short answer? Maybe.

Dive into the longer but far more satisfying answer below…

While some company and local government health plans cover care for transgender policy-holders, the Federal government does not and specifically excludes transition-related care from coverage.
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But some recent and almost unnoticeable steps by federal agencies could mean transgender care coverage federal employees and many others.
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On Dec. 2 the departmental appeals board at the Health and Human Services Department decided that the “National Coverage Determination” (basically what is covered under Medicare and Medicaid and other programs) excluding sexual reassignment surgery specifically from Medicare coverage needed to be revisited.

So what does this mean to us? The article goes on to say,

While the rulemaking is far from complete these are signs the administration is open to changing how it treats its transgender employees.

This could be a huge step in getting transgender care covered under the health plans available to millions of people across the country.

Merry Christmas!

But I wouldn't hold my breath, it might be close to a year before we see the results of this inquiry from the HHS.