Health Insurance News Colorado Now Requires Gender Affirming Care To Be Covered By Private Health Insurance

States sue HHS over a move that could curtail youth gender-affirming care

Nineteen states and the District of Columbia have sued the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, its Secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and its inspector general over a declaration that could ... Read More

Proposed HHS rule on gender-affirming care radically expands use of Medicare, Medicaid as policy weapons

Last Thursday, the Trump administration released a proposed rule prohibiting hospitals that receive Medicare or Medicaid funding from providing any gender affirming care to minors, even when privately ... Read More

19 states and D.C. sue HHS over gender-affirming care rule

Several states filed a lawsuit to overturn a new rule created by HHS that bans funding for hospitals that provide gender-affirming care for minors. Read More

Wisconsin sues Trump over rules restricting gender-affirming care

The lawsuit comes less than a week after RFK Jr. proposed new rules barring health care providers from gender-affirming care treatment. Read More

Biden, Colorado mandate health plans cover gender-affirming care

President Joe Biden and Colorado state officials signed off on a decision that requires payers representing a quarter of the state’s market to cover gender-affirming care. The move, announced Oct. 12, ... Read More

Oregon co-leads lawsuit against Trump admin ‘attack’ on gender-affirming care

The state of Oregon is co-leading a lawsuit against the Trump administration over proposed rule changes that would limit access to transgender care. Read More

Trump administration moves to bar hospitals from providing youth gender-affirming care

The Trump administration on Thursday moved to restrict gender-affirming care for minors across the country, threatening to cut federal funding from hospitals that offer treatments like puberty ... Read More