December 23, 2014
GLAAD @ Work: Medicaid coverage, racial justice and LGBT movements in solidarity, and more
GLAAD's Weekly Update on News, Entertainment and Online Media.
Medicaid
December 17, 2014
NY proposes regulation to end exclusion on Medicaid coverage for transgender-related healthcare
New York State has proposed a new regulation that would remove a long-standing exclusion on coverage for transgender-related healthcare under Medicaid.
September 11, 2014
Should Medicaid cover transgender healthcare? GLAAD and SRLP share answer on Upworthy
Upworthy, the viral content media company, shared GLAAD and SRLP's flowchart explaining why Medicaid programs should provide coverage for transgender-related healthcare.
June 27, 2014
Democracy Now! highlights New York Medicaid lawsuit, GLAAD and SRLP's trans healthcare campaign
This week, Democracy Now! spoke with Pooja Gehi, a staff attorney at the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP), and Angie Milan-Cruz, one of the plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit challenging the New York Department of Health's exclusion of transgender healthcare coverage from Medicaid.
June 19, 2014
Class action lawsuit challenges New York Medicaid's exclusion of transgender healthcare
Today, the Sylvia Rivera Law Project, the Legal Aid Society, and Willkie, Farr & Gallagher LLP filed a federal class action lawsuit against the New York State Department of Health on behalf of two transgender women who have been denied access to medically necessary healthcare under a discriminatory Medicaid regulation.
May 30, 2014
HHS: Medicare can no longer ban transgender healthcare coverage
Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services repealed a moratorium, issued in 1981, that prevented Medicare from even considering covering transgender healthcare.
May 27, 2014
The New York Times lauds Maryland's transgender non-discrimination act while New York "fails on this issue of fairness"
The New York Times editorial board commended Maryland's recent passage of a non-discrimination bill protecting transgender people, and called for Gov. Cuomo's administration to push for a similar law.
May 14, 2014
SRLP speaks out at NY health conference, calling for end to Medicaid ban on transgender healthcare
Today, collective members of the Sylvia Rivera Law Project (SRLP) spok
March 6, 2014
At ESPA's LGBT Health Month launch, Cuomo administration silent on ending New York's healthcare discrimination
New York Health Commissioner Nirav Shah recently called the state a "leader in promoting transgender issues," yet states like California, as well as the District of Columbia, have surpassed New York in providing trans and gender non-conforming people with access to necessary healthcare.
February 27, 2014
DC Medicaid to cover trans-inclusive healthcare, while NY continues discriminating
Washington, D.C. joins states like California and Minnesota in requiring Medicaid to cover trans-inclusive healthcare, but other states like New York continue to enforce discriminatory exclusions.
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