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As the risk of litigation rises for clinics, obtaining malpractice insurance on the commercial marketplace has become a quiet barrier to offering care, even in states with legal protections for health care for trans people.
As the risk for litigation rises for clinics that provide trans care, obtaining malpractice insurance on the commercial marketplace has become a quiet barrier.
In states where gender-affirming care is legal, small clinics are facing rising malpractice premiums.
After Iowa lawmakers passed a ban on gender-affirming care for minors in March, managers of an LGBTQ+ health clinic located just across the state line in Moline, Illinois, decided to start offering that care.
Even in states where laws protect minors’ access to gender-affirming care, malpractice insurance premiums are keeping small and independent clinics from treating patients.