Iowa High Court: Medicaid Must Cover Transgender Surgery

Mealey's (March 12, 2019, 12:36 PM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — An administrative rule prohibiting Iowa’s Medicaid program from covering transgender surgery conflicts with state law adding gender identity as a protected class and cannot stand, the Iowa Supreme Court held March 8 (Eerieanna Good, et al. v. Iowa Department of Human Services, No. 18-1158, Iowa Sup.)....