Transgenders To Get Equal Insurance Coverage

The State Department gets rid of transgender exclusion from its largest health insurance program. The American Foreign Service Protective Association's Foreign Service Benefit Plan covers nearly 60,000 State and Defense employees. Policies under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program usually exclude services related to sex reassignment. But starting in January, transgender employees under AFSPA will have the same coverage as all other State employees. The Washington Post reports the State Department is a front runner in policies affecting lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender feds. The agency has more than ten health insurance providers. State has asked all of its providers to lift the transgender exclusion.