Blue Shield Gender Reassignment Surgery Criteria
Solid information is hard to come by when it relates to what health insurance plans will cover for gender reassignment surgery in California. In response to the Insurance Gender Non-Discrimination Act...
View Article“An Unspoken Compromise”, exploring a transgender man’s relationship with his...
Occasionally we all need a reminder that our lives are not the center of the universe and our neighbor's journey may have had challenges that would make most us wilt. Rizi Timane's ebook "An Unspoken...
View ArticleQuiet Pride Parade for Sacramento Intactivists
In a moment of exuberant passion for the cause of educating people about the stupidity of routine infant circumcision, I signed up the nascent Sacramento Intactivist group to march in the Sacramento...
View ArticleWill Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision mean a return to female circumcision?
Did the Supreme Court’s Hobby Lobby decision render the Female Genital Mutilation Act of 1995 null and void? While the Supreme Court specifically mentioned that their decision only applied narrowly to...
View ArticleCounselors urged to help LGBT members enroll in ACA
The federal government is reaching out to behavioral health counselors and therapist to educate them on how the Affordable Care Act works so they can encourage members of the LGBT community to enroll...
View ArticleThe transgender gift of 2014
An unexpected gift to my professional and personal life this past year of 2014 has been the numerous transgender men, women and families I became acquainted with as a health insurance agent. Through...
View ArticleAnthem Blue Cross includes transgender services in Evidence of Coverage
Anthem Blue Cross of California has included a section called Transgender Services in their Evidence of Coverage (EOC) documents for individual and family plans offered in California for 2015. While...
View ArticleCalifornia Transgender Health Insurance Survey
With the passage of the Insurance Gender Nondiscrimination Act (IGNA), also known as AB 1586, all California health insurance plans must cover medically necessary transgender health care services....
View ArticleSomewhere over the rainbow crosswalks in Sacramento
With the City of Sacramento formally approving the installation of rainbow colored crosswalks in midtown Sacramento, proponents of the project hope they’ll now see a rainstorm of money to actually...
View ArticleUniting the States with ACA and Gay Marriage Decisions
Two Supreme Court opinions involving the Affordable Care Act and gay marriage have the net effect of uniting the states to act as one country. The tenth amendment to the constitution gives a fair...
View ArticleFederal government seeks comments on transgender health insurance rules
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed health insurance rules that would prohibit the discrimination of health care services based a person’s gender identity. The proposed...
View ArticleLGBT sensitivity and sales training from Covered California
Covered California has sent Certified Insurance Agents information and links on sensitivity and sales training for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender community. The sensitivity training...
View ArticleHIV positive life insurance
People who are HIV positive are living longer and leading healthy and fulfilling lives because of advances in drug therapies to control the disease. The life insurance industry has taken note and has...
View ArticleSacramento protests against Verity Baptist Church anti-gay beliefs
Hundreds of people turned out in force to protest against the anti-gay beliefs of the Verity Baptist Church in Sacramento. Pastor Jimenez of Verity Baptist Church posted a recording of his sermon on...
View ArticleRoseville remembers Orlando and affirms gay rights
On a warm, but breezy, Saturday afternoon, a memorial for the victims of the Orlando, Florida, Pulse nightclub shooting was held in downtown Roseville. Organized by local resident David Larson,...
View ArticleCovered California Needs To Stop Asking About Sex
As a Certified Insurance Agent for Covered California I am scrupulous when it comes to reading each question on the application for health insurance exactly as written, except when the Covered...
View ArticleTransgender and Pregnancy Health Care Rights Jeopardized With Texas Court Ruling
A Texas U.S. District Court Judge ordered the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) not to enforce rules against discriminating against transgender health care services in health insurance...
View ArticleUniting the States with ACA and Gay Marriage Decisions
Two Supreme Court opinions involving the Affordable Care Act and gay marriage have the net effect of uniting the states to act as one country. The tenth amendment to the constitution gives a fair...
View ArticleFederal government seeks comments on transgender health insurance rules
The Department of Health and Human Services has proposed health insurance rules that would prohibit the discrimination of health care services based a person’s gender identity. The proposed...
View ArticleLGBT sensitivity and sales training from Covered California
Covered California has sent Certified Insurance Agents information and links on sensitivity and sales training for the Lesbian, Gay, Bi-Sexual and Transgender community. The sensitivity training...
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