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

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

Atrium Health halts gender-affirming care for patients under age 19, leaving some families scrambling

Since 2020, Josh Dumas’ 14-year-old transgender son has received gender-affirming care — including puberty blockers and testosterone — from an Atrium Health doctor in Charlotte. Dumas said the ... Read More

HHS finalizes report on gender-affirming care for youth, medical groups push back

It comes after HHS published in May an early version of what it referred to as a "comprehensive review" of transgender care for children and teens, in which it called for a broader use of ... Read More

Large LGBTQ+ health center will stop gender-affirming care for those under 19

Theresa Gaffney is the lead Morning Rounds writer and reports on health care, new research, and public policy, with a particular interest in mental health, gender-affirming care, and LGBTQ+ patient ... Read More

Corewell Health to end gender-affirming care for minors amid Trump pressure

Corewell Health will no longer provide gender-affirming care to minors. Noting the “serious risk of legal and regulatory action,” the health system said Thursday, Sept. 11, that it would stop ... Read More

Fenway Health no longer providing gender-affirming care to patients under 19

BOSTON (WHDH) - Fenway Health announced they are will no longer provide gender-affirming care to patients under the age of 19. The non-profit community health center focused on care for the LGBTQ+ ... Read More