Georgia Health Plan Must Pay for Deputy’s Gender-Affirming Care

March 2, 2023, 3:04 PM UTC

A Georgia sheriff’s deputy can seek payment for gender-affirming surgery from her county-provided health insurance plan while an appeal proceeds contesting her win in a sex discrimination suit.

The US District Court for the Middle District of Georgia refused to lift a permanent injunction granting Anna Lange the relief she sought in a case alleging that the plan’s coverage exclusion violated Title VII, which prohibits discrimination based on sex in the terms and conditions of employment.

This is one of several cases pending throughout the country in which government health plans have been accused of discriminating against transgender people by ...

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