Posted on 07/26/2018 6:40:39 PM PDT by EdnaMode
A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Wisconsin to cover the costs for gender reassignment surgeries for two transgender Medicaid recipients.
Wisconsin residents Cody Flack and Sara Ann Makenzie filed a lawsuit in April over a state rule adopted in 1996 that denied coverage for undefined "transsexual" surgeries, according to The Associated Press.
In the suit, Flack and Makenzie argued that the state rule denying them coverage for surgeries to treat their gender dysphoria is a violation of the Affordable Care Act and their rights to equal protection. They argued that the treatment they are seeking is medically necessary, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
U.S. District Judge William Conley reportedly granted a preliminary injunction barring the state rule’s enforcement.
The judge also reportedly suggested that the injunction could be expanded to include covering surgeries treating gender dysphoria for any transgender patient on Medicaid whose doctor recommends the procedure.
"The likelihood of ongoing, irreparable harm facing these two individual plaintiffs outweighs any marginal impacts on the defendants' stated concerns regarding public health or limiting costs," Conley said in the order obtained by the publication.
Attorney Rock Pledl said Flack could possibly receive the surgery as soon as within two or three weeks. Pledl said Makenzie may have to wait longer to receive the surgery, however, due to the status of her paperwork process with an HMO.
The move arrives on the heels of an Iowa judge’s ruling last month that the state cannot deny two transgender women Medicaid coverage for gender reassignment surgery
In before the sheer madness of it all
It is insanity to make the taxpayers pay for someone’s insanity of genital mutilation.
Surely this is a joke, right?!
Never mind.
When did judges get designated as law writers? I thought we had a legal system. Courts were suppose to define law not write it!
This is a federal mandate against the states? What part of the Constitution covers this?
They sure know how to pick em.
These judges are dissecting the nation without anesthesia.
I'll be adding this to my posts for a few days, once per thread I participate on.
Red Pill People > We Need to Know About
John Stossil intro explains: (first three people)
Candace Owens
Brandon Tatum
CJ Pearson
Larry Elder (Conservative talk show host - Los Angeles / back into the 80s [ I believe ] )
Jesse Lee Peterson (someone we've known about since before 2001)
These people are opening up the eyes of Blacks from within their ranks.
I think it's important we know who they are and promote them when we can.
I may be the last to know of them, but I don't want anyone else not to know, so here's the info.
Even if you knew about them before, this might be a decent resource for finding their work.
When you hit the links above, you'll see Google's information page.
You'll be able to learn more about them using links there.
Click on the VIDEO button at the top and you'll be taken to a list of their YouTube videos.
Enjoy.
I'm sure I've left people out, so I'd appreciate folks mentioning them to me so I can add them to this short list.
It may seem like just elaborate word games. But the insistence that misalignment of physical sex and gender allows SRS to be declared “medically necessary”, thus requiring insurance companies and Medicaid, Medicare, VA/DoD, and who knows, S-CHIP eventually probably, to reimburse the surgery.
Gee, surprise, surprise, appointed by Obola.
Did the judge open his own wallet?
It’s a good time for this to come out, right before an election.
Outrageous.
Ignore the judge.
Take it to the Supremes.
Elective surgery should NOT be covered.
That should just about cover it.
What if they say no to aggravating mental illness? What the hell are you going to do about it JACK ASS?
Elective surgery should NOT be covered.
When will we say enough of this nonsense out of these judges.Shut off the paycheck.
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