Anna Lange v. Houston County, Georgia, et al
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July 11, 2024
4 Big Gender-Affirming Care Decisions From 2024's 1st Half
The U.S. Supreme Court allowed an Idaho law banning gender-affirming care for minors to become effective, the Eleventh Circuit upheld a trial court win for a transgender public safety employee in a healthcare discrimination suit and a Florida federal judge blocked as unconstitutional a state law restricting gender-affirming care for minors and adults.
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June 04, 2024
Ga. County Wants 11th Circ. To Rethink Trans Care Ban Ruling
A Georgia county that lost a legal challenge to a provision of its health plan that bars coverage for gender-affirming surgery has asked the full Eleventh Circuit to revisit the decision, arguing that an opinion last month wrongly found the policy discriminates against transgender people, rather than being isolated to a single procedure.
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May 17, 2024
Many Plans Already In Front Of 11th Circ. Trans Health Ruling
The Eleventh Circuit's recent decision that a county health plan's coverage exclusion for gender transition surgery violated federal anti-discrimination law likely won't have a big impact on plans because they have already made adjustments for the U.S. Supreme Court ruling the appeals court applied, experts say.
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May 13, 2024
11th Circ. Says Ga. County's Trans Health Ban Violates Title VII
A split Eleventh Circuit panel upheld a win Monday for a transgender sheriff's deputy who challenged a Georgia county health plan's refusal to pay for gender-affirmation surgery, ruling the coverage exclusion violated federal anti-discrimination law.
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November 14, 2023
11th Circ. Wrestles With Legality Of Trans Health Exclusion
An Eleventh Circuit panel grappled Tuesday with whether a county-run health plan's coverage exclusion for gender transition surgery amounted to unlawful discrimination, with one judge asking why upholding a transgender deputy's win in her bias case wouldn't create a "most-favored nation status for gender dysphoria."
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November 03, 2023
3 November Argument Sessions Benefits Attys Should Watch
The nation's highest court will hear an Army veteran's plea for more generous education benefits, the D.C. Circuit will referee a fight over union retiree health care, and the Eleventh Circuit will preside over arguments in a transgender deputy's battle with a county workers' health plan. Here's a look at three oral argument sessions attorneys say they'll be keeping an eye on this month.
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July 14, 2023
6 Gender-Affirming Health Care Appeals Attys Should Watch
A crop of discrimination lawsuits challenging state-level gender-affirming care bans and health plan exclusions has quickly bounced up to federal circuit courts, raising the likelihood the U.S. Supreme Court will take up the issue with major potential impacts for patients and their health plans, attorneys say.
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March 17, 2023
DOJ Calls County Plan's Trans Care Exclusion 'Textbook' Bias
The U.S. Department of Justice urged the Eleventh Circuit on Friday to affirm a lower court's decision ordering a Georgia county to cover a deputy's gender transition surgery, saying an insurance plan is discriminatory if it denies medically necessary gender-affirming care.
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January 17, 2023
Ga. County Asks 11th Circ. To Nix Trans Discrimination Ruling
A Georgia county and its sheriff have asked the Eleventh Circuit to reverse a lower court's ruling blocking them from excluding gender transition surgery from an employee's insurance coverage, saying the plan was not facially discriminatory because it covered non-surgical gender transition treatments.
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January 02, 2023
7 Transgender Health Care Bias Cases To Watch In 2023
A possible circuit split is among the key things to watch in 2023 as more district courts take contrary positions on whether the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County extends to the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination protections to transgender health care coverage. Here, Law360 looks at seven cases dealing with nondiscrimination provisions under the ACA and transgender health care coverage that benefits attorneys should keep their eyes on.