West Virginia asks Supreme Court to allow Medicaid to deny coverage for gender-affirming surgery
- West Virginia is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to review rulings on its refusal to cover healthcare for transgender people, according to Republican Attorney General Patrick Morrisey.
- The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8-6 that West Virginia Medicaid's coverage exclusions discriminate based on sex and gender identity.
- A federal district court previously determined that denying coverage for sex-reassignment surgeries violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution.
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