VICTORY!!!
On June 21, a U.S. District Court Judge struck down Florida’s discriminatory health care rule that denied the state’s transgender Medicaid beneficiaries coverage for evidence-based, widely accepted gender-affirming medical care. The ruling came in Dekker v. Weida, a federal lawsuit challenging the rule filed by Florida Health Justice Project, Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, National Health Law Program, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
On June 21, a U.S. District Court Judge struck down Florida’s discriminatory health care rule that denied the state’s transgender Medicaid beneficiaries coverage for evidence-based, widely accepted gender-affirming medical care. The ruling came in Dekker v. Weida, a federal lawsuit challenging the rule filed by Florida Health Justice Project, Lambda Legal, Southern Legal Counsel, National Health Law Program, and Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP.
Reports and Publications
Press Release:
Advocates Hail Court Order Blocking Florida's Ban on Gender-Affirming Care for Trans Youth June 2023
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A Critical Review of the June 2022 Florida Medicaid Report on the Medical Treatment of Gender Dysphoria
December 2022
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Dekker vs. Marstiller Complaint:
Litigation against the state Medicaid agency challenging their rule denying gender-affirming care for transgender Floridians September 2022
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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
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FHJP Statement Letter:
Joint Statement to AHCA's Final Rule to End Medicaid Coverage of Gender-affirming Care in FL August 2022
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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
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Press Release: Health and LGBTQ+ Legal Advocates to Florida: Gender-Affirming Care is Safe, Effective and Essential; Transgender Floridians Cannot Be Erased
June 2022
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FHJP Voices in the News
Trans residents sue Florida over ban on gender-affirming Medicaid care | Read Article Here
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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 |
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 |