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Good news from the American Medical Association regarding the care and treatment of transgender people.

Resolution 122, called "Removing Financial Barriers to Care for Transgender Patients," was approved by the Reference Committee and subsequently by the entire House of Delegates. The resolution and statement of support will essentially change the argument in many legal cases against public coverage for the treatment of transgender patients. This is especially relevant, for example, in that it means Medicaid cannot discriminate with regard to diagnosis, since many of their denials of coverage have been because they view treatment as either "not medically necessary" or as being "experimental".

Read the entire resolution after the jump...

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