Medicare Ends Coverage Ban for Sex Changes

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 3, 2014

Medicare can no longer ban coverage for sex reassignment surgery, according to a Health and Human Services board decision last week. Amy Whelan, senior staff attorney for the National Center for Lesbian Rights, one of the groups which worked on this case, talks about what the decision means for trans rights, private insurance, and views of gender dysphoria.

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