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Aetna expands gender-affirming surgery coverage


Aetna expands gender-affirming surgery coverage
Aetna will now cover breast augmentation for trans women, signaling hope for increased access to healthcare for the transgender community. The coverage expansion comes after transgender individuals and groups advocated for the change.
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Aetna has expanded its coverage of gender-affirming surgery to include breast augmentation for certain trans women.
Though the payer covers some gender-affirming surgeries, such as breast removal for trans men, it previously did not extend the coverage to breast augmentation for trans women. Through the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund and Cohen Milstein, four trans women brought the issue to Aetna’s attention after being denied coverage for breast augmentation. ....

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Aetna agrees to expand gender-affirming coverage for transgender women


Aetna agrees to expand gender-affirming coverage for transgender women
Eliza Fawcett, Hartford Courant
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Aetna, the Hartford-based health insurer owned by Woonsocket, R.I-based CVS Health Corp., is keeping the majority of its office employees working from home until at least the beginning of 2021.
Hartford-based health insurer Aetna has agreed to expand its coverage of gender-affirming surgeries to include breast augmentation for qualifying transgender women.
The decision is a result of a collaboration between Aetna, the Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund, a civil rights organization; Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, a national civil rights law firm; and four women who were denied coverage for the surgery, which Aetna previously viewed as cosmetic. The group first contacted Aetna in 2019, hoping to resolve the issue collaboratively, in lieu of filing a lawsuit. ....

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