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Private Health Insurance That Doesn't Deny Coverage For Transgender People? |
Does anyone know of any US insurance companies that don't deny health insurance coverage for TG people? I'm not looking for a plan that will cover hormones or anything like that, just something that won't cause a bankruptcy if I break my leg or get cancer.
Again, I don't WANT things like SRS covered. I just want insurance in case I get into such a bad accident or get so sick that I end up in the hospital.
| Answer: Guess what? No emergency room in the United States can deny you medical care. Federal legislation called EMTALA ensures that everyone is able to get emergency medical care regardless of their ability to pay: http://www.emtala.com/faq.htm Even if you don't have insurance they must treat you and the hospital can write it all off as charity care. In addition when people talk about transgender people being denied insurance coverage they are talking about transitional related medical care. Insurance companies can and do cover medical issues that aren't transition related. And under the new healthcare reform law nobody can be denied insurance for a pre-existing |
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