Federal Judge Rules Wisconsin Must Cover Sex-Change Treatments Under Medicaid

Calvin Freiburger : Aug 20, 2019
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The state says covering surgery for all of them could cost taxpayers as much as $2.1 million, and contends that transgender surgery has no proven medical benefit.

(Washington, DC) — [LifeSiteNews.com] A federal judge ruled Friday that Wisconsin cannot exclude so-called gender-reassignment treatments, including both surgery and hormones, from coverage under the Medicaid program, striking down a rule that's been on the books for decades. (Image: via LifeSiteNews)

US District Judge William Conley was hearing a case brought by four gender-confused Medicaid patients against a 1997 Department of Health Services administrative provision that excluded "transsexual surgery" from Medicaid. In a 38-page opinion, Conley ruled that excluding the treatments constitutes sex discrimination under the federal Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), the Capital Journal reports... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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