Wisconsin ordered to pay for gender-reassignment surgeries

By: Associated Press//July 26, 2018//

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin to pay for gender-reassignment surgery for two transgender Medicaid recipients.

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that Cody Flack and Sara Ann Makenzie filed a lawsuit in April, saying a state rule denying coverage for surgeries to treat gender dysphoria violates the Affordable Care Act and their right to equal protection.

U.S. District Judge William Conley granted a preliminary injunction on Wednesday barring the enforcement of the rule. He suggested the injunction could be expanded to include any transgender Medicaid patient whose doctor recommends the surgery.

The lawyer Rock Pledl says Flack could get his surgery in two or three weeks.

He says Makenzie may have to wait a few months because of her status on the paperwork process with an HMO.

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