Judge: West Virginia Medicaid must cover transgender care

Judge Rules Transgender Surgeries Must Be Covered By Medicaid

A federal judge ruled this week that the state of West Virginia must allow transgender patients covered by Medicaid to receive gender transforming surgeries, reasoning that individuals with a gender dysphoria diagnosis must be treated the same as those suffering from other medical conditions.

Judge Rules West Virginia's Medicaid Program Must Provide Gender-Affirming Care to Transgender Recipients

West Virginia must provide gender-affirming care to its transgender residents through the state Medicaid program, a federal judge ruled this week.On Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Chuck Chambers found that the state was discriminating against transgender residents with low incomes by excluding gender-affirming care — which can consist of therapy, medication or surgery — from its Medicaid program.Two transgender West Virginia residents, Shauntae An…

Federal judge rules West Virginia Medicaid must provide coverage for gender-related surgeries

On Tuesday, District Judge Robert C. Chambers ruled that West Virginia Medicaid must provide coverage for the surgical treatment of gender dysphoria. The district judge declared that Medicaid's exclusion for gender surgery "invidiously discriminates on the basis of sex and transgender status."Prior ...

West Virginia judge finds transgender surgeries must be covered by Medicaid

West Virginia's Medicaid program is required to cover gender transition surgeries for transgender residents, a federal judge in Huntington ruled this week.

Judge rules West Virginia Medicaid must cover gender-affirming medical care

Story at a glance West Virginia’s Medicaid program will no longer exclude coverage for gender-affirming medical care, a federal judge ruled Tuesday. Lambda Legal, the law firm Nichols Kaster, PLLP,…

Judge: West Virginia Medicaid must cover transgender care

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A federal judge has ruled that West Virginia’s Medicaid program must provide coverage for gender-confirming care for transgender residents. The judge made the ruling Tuesda…