Arizona’s Medicaid agency won the first round in a lawsuit brought by transgender teens alleging its blanket exclusion on coverage for gender reassignment surgery is unlawful, because they didn’t show they’re likely to win the case, a federal court said.
D.H. and John Doe lost their request for a preliminary injunction requiring the state to pay for their surgeries because they didn’t prove the surgery is medically necessary for them, that it’s a safe and effective treatment for gender dysphoria in adolescents, or that the restriction probably violates the Medicaid Act, the Affordable Care Act’s anti-discrimination provision, or equal protection, ...