The most recent version of the House budget reconciliation bill added some new ideas. These ideas are about stopping health insurance from paying for gender-affirming care. To learn more and take action, read our plain language guide about gender-affirming care, Medicaid, and other kinds of insurance. [[link removed]]
Gender-affirming care (GAC for short) is a type of health care. GAC helps people' bodies look and feel like the gender they want to be seen as. GAC can mean things like:
- hormone replacement therapy,
- top surgery,
- and more.
The House budget reconciliation bill would make it harder for people to get gender-affirming care by:
- Stopping Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Plan (CHIP) from covering gender-affirming care for both minors and adults, and
- Stopping gender-affirming care from being an Essential Health Benefit (EHB). This means that insurance providers could choose not to cover gender-affirming care.
We have to take action now to stop cuts to Medicaid and gender-affirming care.
Making a law that some kinds of health care can not be an Essential Health Benefit will make it harder for people to get health care. Making it harder for people to get health care means that people will get fewer health care benefits. Making it harder for people to get health care means that people will lose insurance coverage for some kinds of health care.
You can tell your legislators that you do not want people to lose coverage. You can tell your legislators that you do not want people to get fewer health care benefits. You can tell your legislators that you do not want any cuts to Medicaid.
ASAN made a plain language guide to help people talk to their legislators about Medicaid. The guide shows you how to find contact information for your legislators. The guide has scripts you can use when you call or email your legislators. You can read the guide here. [[link removed]]
Thank you for taking action to protect gender-affirming care and Medicaid!
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