Hey, do you mind if I ask what insurance company you use? I am a PCP who does gender affirming care. My coworkers and I are trying to figure out what is changing and we are getting a lot of different news all at once. Haven’t heard about private insurance (assuming) doing this yet.
Does your kiddo have citizenship too? If not definitely look into getting it for her so she can at the very least have a passport with the correct gender. I'm so sorry this is happening 🫂
She does - but changing name and gender in France is complicated, so her French passport is still in her old name. her US passport is corrected, though!
Glad she got in before the passport bullshit! Also glad that she already has an escape route. Shitty that it's come to this, but definitely time to look into a) the name change, and b) potential immigration. I say this as someone who lives surrounded by stolpersteine...
Bonus points, they’ll probably use “trans” as an excuse to deny completely unrelated healthcare for trans people. Happened to a friend of mine in trumps first term. Ey only survived because a lot of folks (self included) crowdfunded to cover the costs.
Shit’s deeply fucked, & I’ve been yelling about it literally since 2020 when people say Biden “did nothing” for trans people.
He forced insurers to cover care for trans patients if the same would be covered for a cis patient. So my friend’s follow-up care since has been covered!
Anyway. So much sympathy, and I’m saying this bc even if all I can do is give you a chance to prepare, that’s still better than hitting those insurance denials out of the blue.
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I don't know the workings of the American systems, but is this likely to be challenged in the courts?
He forced insurers to cover care for trans patients if the same would be covered for a cis patient. So my friend’s follow-up care since has been covered!
And yeah, it’s not everything we need. But it’s sure something, and it was DESPERATELY needed. That change saved lives, absolutely certainly.
And now it will be undone.
This is a fucking shit sandwich and I hate it.