Lawsuit says Georgia Medicaid ought to cowl gender-affirming surgical procedures

Around a dozen states explicitly ban coverage of gender-affirming care under Medicaid, a program that offers assistance to people who can’t afford to pay for medical care. Georgia’s ban is focused on gender-affirming surgeries. Hormone treatments and psychological services are covered, said ACLU staff attorney Taylor Brown, who is taking the lead in the case.

“Gender-affirming health care is essential health care,” said Eric Paulk, the deputy director of nonprofit Georgia Equality. “The state’s refusal to cover essential and often life-saving gender-affirming health care is discrimination, full stop.”

Roughly 0.75% of adults in the state —55,650 — identify as transgender, the fourth highest percentage in the nation, according to a 2016 UCLA School of Law study. About 5,000 are on Medicaid, the ACLU says.

Thomas, 45, who lives in metro Atlanta, said both her doctor and psychiatrist have recommended surgeries.

“This is a battle I have been dealing with all my life,” Thomas said. “First, I didn’t have support from my family; now, it is Medicaid. I had to overcome the trials and tribulations with my family, and I am hoping that I can be successful with Medicaid.”

The ACLU has filed similar suits in two other states.

In Georgia, the organization partnered with King & Spalding. Named as defendants are the state Department of Community Health, which administers Medicaid, and its commissioner. A spokeswoman for the Georgia DCH declined to comment, citing the ongoing litigation.

“This case is about health care equity and equal justice under the law,” Brown said. “We are not suing the state of Georgia just for fun. We are suing on behalf of transgender people who are being denied medically necessary, lifesaving care.”

Though the state argues that the surgeries are cosmetic and nonessential, “every single leading medical institution” disagrees, said Rodrigo Heng-Lehtinen, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality.

This lawsuit comes at a time when anti-LGBTQ+ legislation is on the rise around the nation. According to the Human Rights Campaign, 2021 is the “worst year for anti-LGBTQ legislation in recent history,” with 17 anti-LGBTQ+ bills becoming law and many others awaiting governors’ signatures or making their way through state legislatures.

In Georgia, two of the bills seek to prohibit transgender women from participating in female high school athletics and to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors.

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But there have been some victories in the last year. Just last month, the Department of Veterans Affairs amended its policies and now will cover gender-affirming surgeries. In the past, the department argued it would be too costly.

LGBTQ+ advocacy groups hope the ACLU lawsuit will push other agencies to reexamine their policies.

“This is one of the tactics that has to happen in order to change our reality,” said Aesha Rasheed, co-director of Southerners on New Ground. “It is really important that our public infrastructure systems recognize (transgender people’s) needs and respect their needs for real medical care.”

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Other priorities could include a pay raise for state employees, more spending on mental health and restoring budget cuts to other agencies. Democrats would like to expand the state’s Medicaid program to cover more uninsured adults.”},{“_id”:”XLZFKB3L5JFO7HG4PMDHO22OTI”,”type”:”text”,”content”:”Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Blake Tillery, a Vidalia Republican, said he is “still extremely concerned” that revenue may dry up as federal aid runs out. While not endorsing any priorities, he acknowledged there will be pressure to spend next year, with Kemp and all 236 members of the General Assembly up for election. 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We mourn the loss of football trailblazer Van Heflin, Sr. In the words of his dear son, “I love him with all my heart and he loved Vanderbilt with all of his.”

— Candice Storey Lee (@VandyAD) July 10, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/VandyAD/status/1413858615044329475″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626116420342},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”SNBCCUHTZNFX5A23APKDQWMXWA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782402},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Funeral arrangements have not been finalized, reports said.”},{“_id”:”KMLUNQ4QSVC7DBRONEH4W4MUNY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782403},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Vanderbilt never had a Black quarterback to consistently lead the Commodores football team until Heflin burst onto the scene in 1978.”},{“_id”:”MGGBLL5TRZC2RLHL24RJWYN5ZA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782404},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Before that year, the only other Black quarterback at Vanderbilt to be named the starter was David Culley, who only filled in for an injured Fred Fisher against Rice in 1975.”},{“_id”:”R3DZ6ED3QRDSHB5NSJKMYHDCMQ”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”CCP6TGLCAJDIPGWLFIHMV75VRM”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Former Vanderbilt track star, sister drown in Texas lake after falling off boat”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/former-vanderbilt-track-star-sister-drown-in-texas-lake-after-falling-off-boat/YBLJPYGXEVHUJMHCPI2PSKQPEA/”},{“_id”:”3ZJPYOJ3MJERXCE5BKOH76JP5I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782405},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Culley, who is the new head coach of the Houston Texans, was again relegated to a backup role once Fisher returned to action, but Heflin — just three years later — was the first QB to earn the starting role at the beginning of a season and retain the position through two seasons.”},{“subtype”:”twitter”,”referent”:{“referent_properties”:{“additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626116420348}},”provider”:”https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=”,”service”:”oembed”,”id”:”https://twitter.com/SECfootball/status/1414251524054679557″,”type”:”twitter”},”_id”:”IZYX4SVYKZAQVG7FBCFQJFECYY”,”raw_oembed”:{“author_name”:”SEC Football News”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”twitter”,”version”:”1.0″,”url”:”https://twitter.com/SECfootball/status/1414251524054679557″,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/SECfootball”,”width”:550,”html”:”

Vanderbilt mourns the loss of Van Heflin, 62, who was first Black QB to consistently start https://t.co/8m5aOc19pH pic.twitter.com/UzZ8RIkxC2

— SEC Football News (@SECfootball) July 11, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/SECfootball/status/1414251524054679557″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626116420348},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”RMMKCNW3DRHWBAUXWJERL3WLPA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782406},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Heflin became the starter at Vanderbilt under coach Fred Pancoast, who headed the team from 1975 to 1978 and praised Heflin for his athleticism.”},{“_id”:”5HJYKURKRZGKJMVIGAQSNE7CKE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782407},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“He could throw the ball and he could run it; he did both very well,” Pancoast said, according to the Tennessean. “He was a really good player. He also was a good teammate.””},{“content_elements”:[{“_id”:”MSUEOQUML5ANHB55AABBHYVB7A”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[]},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“… Nobody wanted to give me credit for being a great passer. I could pass with the best of them and run and do all the different things a quarterback needs to do. After we played Alabama and I threw three touchdowns, everybody was like, ‘Whoa, maybe he can throw.’””}],”citation”:{“type”:”text”,”content”:”Van Heflin, in 2015 interview with The Nashville Tennessean”},”subtype”:”pullquote”,”_id”:”XUOBZPRDHRBEVPABU67C2AJEMA”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”BQ63NXUA3NDN5B5VWYKSQVBTZU”},”type”:”quote”},{“_id”:”FRRIHZL2QREXFERW22X6HNMVRI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782408},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Heflin was named the starter at Vanderbilt six years after Condredge Holloway became the first starting Black quarterback in the SEC for the Tennessee Vols, according to reports.”},{“_id”:”ZYKDFCB3EJAK3DWFERX6ID67SM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782409},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In two seasons as a starter, Heflin amassed a 50.2% completion percentage, connecting on 140 of 279 passes for 1,732 yards and seven touchdowns. He also carried the ball 254 times for 577 yards and seven rushing scores, reports said.”},{“subtype”:”twitter”,”referent”:{“referent_properties”:{“additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626116420354}},”provider”:”https://publish.twitter.com/oembed?url=”,”service”:”oembed”,”id”:”https://twitter.com/WSMV/status/1413913410044039173″,”type”:”twitter”},”_id”:”BD6WRX7JMNDBZK2BKUYCYJTKTA”,”raw_oembed”:{“author_name”:”WSMV News4 Nashville”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”type”:”twitter”,”version”:”1.0″,”url”:”https://twitter.com/WSMV/status/1413913410044039173″,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/WSMV”,”width”:550,”html”:”

Van Heflin, the first Black to start consistently at quarterback at Vanderbilt, died yesterday, Vanderbilt athletics director Candice Storey Lee announced. https://t.co/qbpY4Zi9PL

— WSMV News4 Nashville (@WSMV) July 10, 2021nn”,”_id”:”https://twitter.com/WSMV/status/1413913410044039173″,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:1626116420354},”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”height”:null},”type”:”oembed_response”},{“_id”:”JNIQQ5M5XBHJ5LYXFKY5BIM4OQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782410},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Former Vanderbilt wide receiver and kick returner Preston Brown, who remained close friends with Heflin long after they graduated, also had high praise for his former teammate.”},{“_id”:”XSLZA7HTVJENTJZ57SJLC6XATY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1626105782411},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Van Heflin was an awesome talent and equally great teammate,” Brown said. “We remained friends long after our playing days were over. Van was an amazing athlete and could play many different positions and be great at all of them. 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As one door closes, another opens! Since 1932, The Varsity has been proud to serve our neighbors in Athens, first on…

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