Transgender rights groups are suing Florida over its Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care. Their argument: the ban violates the federal equal protection clause & prevents an estimated 9,000 state Medicaid enrollees from receiving gender-affirming care.
“All trans people want to do is live more closely and align with who we are,” said August Dekker, one of the plaintiffs. | Hollie Adams/Getty ImagesTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A coalition of transgender rights groups sued Florida over new regulations that block the state’s Medicaid program from covering the costs associated with gender-affirming care.
Carl Charles, a senior attorney for the Southern Regional Office of Lambda Legal, which is one of the organizations that brought the suit, said the move to ban coverage is all the more concerning since Florida had covered gender-affirming care costs for years. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of four plaintiffs — August Dekker, Brit Rothstein, and two 12-year-old children identified in the lawsuit as “Susan,” who is a transgender girl, and “K.F.,” who is a transgender boy.
“All trans people want to do is live more closely and align with who we are,” Dekker said. “What the state is doing is incredibly harmful.”
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