Jules
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Thou dost protest too much...
Transgender Day of Remembrance
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billy backstay
Backstay, never bought a suit, never went to Vegas
This Georgia County Spent $1 Million to Avoid Paying for One Employee’s Gender-Affirming Care
Officials in Houston County, Georgia, said gender-affirming surgery for sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange was too costly. They spent more than $1 million on private lawyers in a fight to keep transition-related care from being covered by their health plan.
by Aliyya Swaby and Lucas Waldron March 19, 5 a.m. EDT
When a sheriff’s deputy in Georgia’s Houston County sought surgery as part of her gender transition, local officials refused to change the department’s health insurance plan to cover it, citing cost as the primary reason.
In the years that followed, the central Georgia county paid a private law firm nearly $1.2 million to fight Sgt. Anna Lange in federal court — far more than it would have cost the county to offer such coverage to all of its 1,500 health plan members, according to expert analyses. One expert estimated that including transition-related care in the health plan would add about 0.1% to the cost of all claims, which would come to roughly $10,000 per year, on average.
Since at least 1998, the county’s plan has excluded coverage for “services and supplies for a sex change,” an outdated term to refer to surgeries or medications related to gender transition. In 2016, the county’s insurance administrator recommended changing the policy to align with a new federal nondiscrimination rule. But Houston County leaders said no.
The county argued that even if the cost of expanding its insurance coverage to include transition-related health care was low on average, it could amount to much more in some years. The county also claimed that expanding the plan’s coverage would spur demands to pay for other, currently excluded benefits, such as abortion, weight loss surgery and eye surgery.
“It was a slap in the face, really, to find out how much they had spent,” said Lange, who filed a federal discrimination lawsuit against the county. “They’re treating it like a political issue, obviously, when it’s a medical issue.”
Major medical associations recognize that access to transition-related care, also known as gender-affirming care, is medically necessary for transgender people, citing evidence that prohibiting it can harm their mental and physical health. And federal judges have consistently ruled that employers cannot categorically exclude gender-affirming care from health care plans, though prior to Lange’s suit, there hadn’t been a ruling covering Georgia. The care can include long-term hormone therapy, chest and genital surgery, and other services that help transgender people align their bodies with their gender identities.
But banning gender-affirming care has become a touchstone of conservative politics. At least 25 states this year are considering or have passed bills that would ban gender-affirming care for minors. Bills in Oklahoma and Texas aim to ban insurance companies from covering transition-related health care for adults as well.......(continuted)...
This Georgia County Spent $1 Million to Avoid Paying for One Employee’s Gender-Affirming Care
Officials in Houston County, Georgia, said gender-affirming surgery for sheriff’s deputy Anna Lange was too costly. They spent more than $1 million on private lawyers in a fight to keep transition-related care from being covered by their health plan.
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Sol Rosenberg
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Proud Boys bloodied and jailed during NYC drag queen story hour protest
Clashes between Proud Boys and counter-protesters led to at least one arrest on Sunday.The incidents occurred on 7th Avenue in New York City at the Drag Queen Story Hour with Attorney General Letitia James event.Videos shared online showed some protesters wearing gear and colors associated with...
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Marty Gingras
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Agreed that that is wrong. Interestingly, it’s Para Olympics and she’s blind.
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It’s a he !
Marty Gingras
Mid-range Anarchist
Not our concern.
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Actually it is since progressives are trying to force the dysfunction upon the American people.
Transgenders have serious mental illnesses and should not be treated as normal.
They should not be abused in any manner however they are what they are and that is dysfunctional with a mental illness.
Marty Gingras
Mid-range Anarchist
"Paging Doctor V3", said no one.
Come on man, do some real reading on-topic instead of continuing to be manipulated by hateful bigots and propagandists.
Voyageur
Super Anarchist
why do magats hate democracy?
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Transgenders are mentally unstable
justsomeguy!
Super Anarchist
Worrying about stupid stuff...
Marty Gingras
Mid-range Anarchist
Citations needed.
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Please provide examples otherwise
Bus Driver
Bacon Quality Control Specialist
Asking vvv for evidence to back up his claim is pointless.
It's the Republican way.
Marty Gingras
Mid-range Anarchist
You made the unsupported assertion, so it's you who has some work to do.
3to1
Super Anarchist
at least most aren't asinine republiCunts who are allergic to facts.
Bus Driver
Bacon Quality Control Specialist
Is it possible Mr. Overstreet knows vvv?
Steam Flyer
Sophisticated Yet Humble
And this is your business, because..... what, exactly?
And how do you justify government intrusion? Legislating morality again?
Voyageur
Super Anarchist
what gender is this montser?
