![]() ![]() ![]() Lawyers say the insurer has no problem with covering this procedure for other young people under 18 who aren’t transgender. "Premera has here imposed a policy that is just not consistent with the practice of medicine, not consistent with A.B.’s – our client's – needs, and in doing so it discriminates against trans patients under 18 based on sex and age," Gonzalez-Pagan said. He now wears chest binders, but his family, therapists, and doctors soon came to the conclusion that surgery was still the way to go. This includes the risk, or what is being insured, such as a vehicle or home. was initially set to have surgery Tuesday. The insurance binder includes all the pertinent information about the insurance contract that has been purchased. "In doing so Premera is not just breaking the law, it is imposing grave harm, and those harms have serious consequences.”Ī.B. needs this surgery and he is being unlawfully denied coverage of that surgery because of who he is," Gonzalez-Pagan said. Gonzalez-Pagan said the health insurance company doesn’t cover gender affirming surgery until after the age of 18. Omar Gonzalez-Pagan is an attorney with Lambda Legal representing the teen – identified in court papers as “A.B.” – and his family. ![]()
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