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. U.S. 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 . “There is now a consensus within the medical profession that gender dysphoria is a serious medical condition, which if left untreated or inadequately treated can cause adverse symptoms, such as anxiety, depression, serious mental distress, self-harm and suicidal ideation,” he wrote, […]
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