A federal judge has ruled the taxpayer-funded Medicaid program must cover transgender surgery in Wisconsin.
Judge William Conley, of U.S. District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin, an Obama appointee, said a 1997 state regulation that excluded transgender treatments and surgeries from Medicaid coverage violated federal law, including the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare; the federal Medicaid Act; and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution.
A press release at National Health Law Program (NHeLP), which joined with other law firms in the class action lawsuit that challenged the exclusion, noted the state did not appeal the ruling “and has agreed to settle the named plaintiffs’ remaining claims.”
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Let the silly twink cut his wee wee off...
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ReplyDeleteJake Day is soooo like Happy now
What in God's name is this country coming to??
ReplyDeleteI say "cut them up" and let them regret it.
ReplyDeleteThen I want liposuction on my man boobs covered.
ReplyDeleteNorthwest Woodsman: Now addadictomy and chopadecromy at tax payer expense?
ReplyDeleteI know a bunch of guys that will cut off their wee-wee for free!
ReplyDeleteAll they have to do is try and kiss one of them and his little buddy will be cut off faster than they can say "Anthony Weiner".
This is some SERIOUS BULLSH*T!! You can get a transgender surgery paid for under insurance/Medicaid but Medicaid DENIES chiropractic manipulation now that helps a NECESSARY body part move/function! How tragic. Insurance is a friggin' JOKE...PITIFUL
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