LGBTQ+ Health

​Reports and Publications

​​​A Critical Review of the June 2022 Florida Medicaid Report on the Medical Treatment of Gender Dysphoria
December 2022​​
Press Release:
​LGBTQ+ and Health Groups Sue to Block Florida's Anti-Transgender Medicaid Health Care Rule
September 2022
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​​​Comment Letter submitted by Southern Legal Counsel and FHJP to the FL Board of Medicine regarding regulation of gender-affirming care for minors
December 2022
​FHJP Statement Letter:
Joint Statement to AHCA's Final Rule to End Medicaid Coverage of Gender-affirming Care in FL
August 2022
​Dekker vs. Marstiller Complaint:
​Litigation against the state Medicaid agency challenging their rule denying gender-affirming care for transgender Floridians
September 2022
​FHJP Statement Letter: FHJP and National Health Law Program's Joint Comments in Response to Florida's Proposal to Deny Coverage of Gender-affirming Care to Transgender Medicaid Beneficiaries
July 2022​
​Press Release: Florida AHCA Launches Anti-Transgender Rule-Making Process
June 2022
​Press Release: Health and LGBTQ+ Legal Advocates to Florida: Gender-Affirming Care is Safe, Effective and Essential; Transgender Floridians Cannot Be Erased
June 2022

​FHJP Voices in the News

Trans Floridians sue to block Medicaid rule excluding gender-affirming care | ​Read Article Here
Florida’s Medicaid ban on gender-affirming care may violate Affordable Care Act | ​Read Article Here
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FHJP's Legal Director Katy DeBriere quoted on FL Medicaid's ban on coverage of gender-affirming care. | ​Read Article Here
Miami Herald article featured FHJP regarding the FL rules on transgender Medicaid coverage | Read Article Here
FHJP featured in WLRN: Florida Moves Forward on Denying Medicaid Coverage for Transgender Treatments | ​Read Article Here

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