Gender Transition Healthcare No Longer Banned Under Medicare

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Departmental Appeals Board ruled [on May 30th, 2014] that that Medicare’s policy of categorically excluding coverage of sex-reassignment surgery, regardless of a person’s individual medical conditions and needs, is unreasonable and contrary to contemporary science and medical standards of care.

-What an enormous baby step! More about the ruling here.