Thursday, December 11, 2014

New York orders insurers to cover gender reassignment surgery

Democratic New York Governor Cuomo waves to the crowd as he walks into an election party after winning the New York gubernatorial race during the U.S. midterm elections in New York NEW YORK (Reuters) - Insurers can no longer deny coverage of gender reassignment surgery or other sex change treatment for transgender New Yorkers, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced on Thursday. The move makes New York the ninth U.S. state to mandate coverage, after California, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Massachusetts, Oregon, Vermont and Washington, according the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund, an advocacy group. Washington, D.C., also mandates it. ...








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