Colorado law now enshrines access to gender-affirming care

Colorado insurance plans are now required to cover medically necessary gender-affirming care, amid attempts to restrict the treatment from Congress and federal regulators. Read More

How Trump admin's policies may affect gender-affirming care for patients on private insurance

A federal health agency already passed a rule that could make care more expensive for trans people, but the Big, Beautiful Bill seeks to enshrine it. Read More

Here’s how gender-affirming care is covered under Colorado’s health ...

With the open enrollment period for health insurance in full swing, Colorado’s Division of Insurance released a guide for how the state’s individual and small group plans cover gender-affirming care ... Read More

Nemours Children’s Hospital cuts back on gender-affirming care for new patients

Nemours Children’s Hospital will no longer provide gender-affirming care beyond behavioral health services to new patients, joining other hospitals in the Philadelphia region and nationally that have ... Read More

Feds investigate hospitals over religious exemptions from gender-affirming care

A physician assistant claimed she was fired by a Michigan hospital for seeking a religious exemption regarding gender-affirming care. Now the federal government is also investigating. Read More

Gov. Jared Polis signs bill protecting gender-affirming care coverage ...

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signed legislation into law on Friday that codifies health insurance coverage for gender-affirming care. “Today, we’re sending a clear message: Coloradans will not ... Read More

Reclassifying Gender Affirming Care Would Erode Essential Health ...

Moreover, redefining gender-affirming care as non-essential sets a troubling precedent, signaling possible administrative overreach that could threaten the integrity of other essential health ... Read More

Trumps' trans health ban on gender-affirming care targets adults, children

Provisions buried in a bill Washington lawmakers approved early Thursday would strip gender-affirming care for transgender Americans. The measure now goes to the Senate. Read More

Tennessee bill could require data sharing on gender-affirming care ...

A Republican bill in Tennessee requires medical facilities to share gender-affirming care data or face penalties, raising privacy concerns. Read More

How gender-affirming care is covered under Colorado’s health ...

With the open enrollment period for health insurance in full swing, Colorado’s Division of Insurance released a guide for how the state’s individual and small group plans cover gender-affirming care ... Read More

How gender-affirming care is covered under Colorado’s health ...

In 2023, Colorado became the first state to explicitly include gender-affirming care services in its benchmark health insurance plan for essential health benefits. Read More