Connor Thonen-Fleck, 16, and his parents. Thonen-Fleck and his family are saving money for chest surgery to affirm his masculine identity.DURHAM, N.C. — North Carolina is being sued again over its treatment of transgender people, as state employees argue that their health plan violated federal law by dropping coverage of medically necessary procedures.
A spokesman for Folwell, Frank Lester, said in an email that a previous treasurer had voted with the health plan's board to cover the procedures for a year, but that no action was taken to extend the coverage under Folwell. Lester declined to comment further on the lawsuit, saying the office generally doesn't discuss pending litigation.
The Associated Press reviewed the lawsuit and was granted exclusive interviews with the plaintiffs before the litigation was announced at a news conference in Durham. "I think we're mostly saved up now," Connor said in an interview."Obviously if we weren't saving up, I would have had it way sooner."
NBCOUT You want it you pay for it
NBCOUT Pay for it yourself. You want to be transgender foot the bill yourself.
NBCOUT Key Word! Necessary!
NBCOUT elective surgery? no not covered.
NBCOUT More attempts to normalize intrinsically disordered behavior. Why don’t we give these people counseling and other treatment to help them with their disorder instead
NBCOUT 'medically necessary procedures' really?
NBCOUT A sex change is not a medically necessary proceedure. Just putting that out there. You may feel like you will die without it, but really your just being a drama queen.
NBCOUT These things are NOT “medically necessary”. They may be what the man or woman **wants**, but it’s NOT necessary, and taxpayers should not have to pay for this. FakeNews
NBCOUT Shouldn’t the necessity of procedures be based on biology?
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NBCOUT Those are not necessary procedures lol.
NBCOUT Medically necessary?
NBCOUT Nessary treatments Thorazine