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Appeals Court Hears Argument Over Transgender Health Care Ban for State EmployeesThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit ruled on Wednesday <a href="https://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/2019/03/11/state-employees-file-lawsuit-over-transgender-discrimination/ で口頭弁論を行います。 ">A case found that the state violated the rights of state employees and their families by excluding gender-affirming care for transgender people entirely under state health plans.</a> Last year, a federal judge in Winston-Salem ruled that the ban violated the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 through discrimination based on sex and transgender status. The U.S. Supreme Court has filed a state petition to reconsider a lower court’s ruling that its health care system lacks the right to sovereign immunity and could be sued for violating the non-discrimination provisions of the Affordable Care Act. was dismissed just a few months later.<br /> <figure id="attachment_111459" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-111459" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignright"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" class="size-medium wp-image-111459" src="http://pulse.ncpolicywatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/20190311_105355-300x225.jpg" alt="" width=" 300" height="225" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-111459" class="wp-caption-text">16-year-old Conor Thonen-Fleck surrounded by his parents Alexis Thonen and Jason Fleck at the 2019 press conference announcing the original suit.</figcaption></figure>In 2019, Lambda Legal and the Transgender Legal Defense and Education Fund (TLDEF) spoke first on behalf of eight plaintiffs (current and former state employees and their children) who were denied state health insurance coverage. filed a lawsuit, Kadel v. Folwell. their victory<a href="https://ncpolicywatch.com/2022/06/23/transgender-north-carolinians-see-legal-victories-on-birth-certificates-health-報道/">A successful lawsuit to allow transgender people born in North Carolina to change the gender marker on their birth certificates without undergoing a medical transition.</a>Treasury Secretary Dale Folwell, who opposed press coverage from his first candidacy for the office, is increasingly seen as the Republican gubernatorial candidate. Tara Borrelli, one of his lawyers in charge of the Lambda Legal case, said: “It is so thorough and well-founded that we believe there is no evidence to suggest a reversible error.” According to Borelli, the defendants should exclude health care care specific to transgender people. “I don’t think they have advanced their arguments on appeal to persuade them otherwise,” Borelli said. <a href="http://www.ncpolicywatch.com/2018/10/25/state-treasurer-dale-folwell-cuts-off-benefits-to-transgender-north-carolinians/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Policy Watch is</a>state health care plans<a href="https://www.newsobserver.com/news/business/health-care/article119509213. html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">end of 2016,</a> Near the end of Janet Cowell’s term as state treasurer, she voted to begin covering treatment for gender dysphoria. The move was necessary to comply with the Affordable Care Act. When Folwell took office in 2017, he made it clear that he would oppose the move, calling transition-related care optional and unnecessary. We have allowed coverage to lapse at the first opportunity instead of renewing the 2019 plan.North Carolina’s Blue Cross/Blue Shield, the company that until recently administered the state’s health insurance, <a href="https://www.bluecrossnc.com/sites/default/files/document/attachment/services/public/pdfs/medicalpolicy/gender_confirmation_surgery_and_hormone_therapy.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Recognizing dysphoria as a serious medical practice Issued and covered transition-related treatments, such as hormone therapy and gender-confirming surgery</a>. Transgender patients and their doctors have testified before the plan’s board that treatment is necessary and life-saving. We recognize that the care we provide is medically necessary and potentially life-saving. Countless specialty medical organizations are calling for an end to transgender-focused exclusions in public and private health insurance policies. Nevertheless, Folwell continued to describe this care as elective and focused solely on surgery. A small portion of transgender health care was inaccessible to families due to blanket exclusion. Many transgender people choose not to undergo transition-related surgery. It also excludes coverage. Similar treatments available to non-transgender patients are covered by this plan. “Until the court system, legislative bodies, or voters tell us “should,” “when should,” and “how” taxpayer money be used for gender reassignment surgery. I will not make decisions that may discriminate, Borelli said, although the court issued a clear order, Folwell’s office continues to fight against it. “Defendants have attempted to maintain that order twice, first in the trial court and then in the court of appeals,” Borelli said. The court denied that request, so the permanent injunction remains in full force and we are optimistic that the injunction will be upheld even once. Begins at 10:00 am at the Lewis F. Powell Jr. Courthouse. Annex in Richmond, Virginia. A livestream of the arguments <a href="https://u7061146.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=4tNED-2FM8iDZJQyQ53jATUWgRE384tHgp8wdcDkAUwQ8En9rRrIZbBA2riboxDKGtGHX-2FxIwJJVdRzdat4yoZKA-3D-3Dw00M_Y-2BWVb7nv28W-2BMGvWT6zHHZHH-2ByO-2BofYJj2gyXjtqZxBJ3SAcKkxnI6Rkt5rSn4DmeRx7bv3f7wIMc7rpY61NRjkoTrQWmpKjGI7YG1pVfjXU-2B-2BErpipPFcLoUCRjJUHoAUmL1V3Phww0AW8mwuYXFMIZlPcszulRHCZrcDZNWb3QxpECvIUMowmDgEUtQ5fgo2FeWlQ9AD4SLYA6MlBbpb9yqdnsjQtPycU8zEwMfp0DHZ3DwLjWekpMgGidHh- 2BTyI1lXTWQlyZDYS-2FALH9R8S3-2FAdBKQtYW1qGdsFstQL-2FS8NPstjGmczb8dIRIwsyiR6x4lP74XX1Yw4moVOwTtV71Ptn9CKbgqZuFT4jLjh4-3D">here</a>Available from