March 31, 2021
A federal judge refused to temporarily block Arizona Medicaid's exclusion on covering gender-affirming surgeries, ruling that two transgender teenagers hadn't shown it was "medically necessary" and sided with the state in the proposed class action.
January 12, 2021
Two Arizona transgender teenagers asked a U.S. district judge to certify a class of young Arizonans on Medicaid who need male chest reconstruction surgery, saying they all face discrimination under the state's blanket exclusion on paying for transition-related surgeries.
October 21, 2020
An Arizona federal judge nixed a bid by two transgender teenagers to move a lawsuit alleging that their health plan's refusal to cover transition-related surgery violates federal discrimination law into the hands of a judge already handling a similar suit, saying the cases contain too many differences.