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State Health Plan transgender care lawsuit dismissed
A federal lawsuit challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments typically sought by transgender patients has been dismissed.
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NC officials seek dismissal of prisoners’ gender transition lawsuit
North Carolina prison officials are seeking the dismissal of a federal lawsuit challenging the state’s ban on funding for prisoners’ gender transition procedures.
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NC Court of Appeals to hear NC detransitioner case
Mosley said that she hopes her case will shine light on the risk to children and hopes others are able to seek justice as a result of her case.
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Prisoners seek injunction, class action in NC gender transition suit
Prisoners challenging North Carolina’s ban on funding for their gender transition procedures are seeking an injunction and class action in their federal lawsuit.
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Parties seek pause in State Health Plan transgender care case
All parties seek to pause a federal lawsuit challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s exclusion of coverage for treatments sought by transgender patients.
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State Health Plan responds to recent ruling in transgender care case
The North Carolina State Health Plan announced Wednesday the reinstatement of its “longstanding exclusion of transition-related treatments” typically sought by transgender patients. The announcement arrived on the same day a court case challenging the exclusion officially returned to a federal trial court from the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
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Plaintiffs oppose request to drop injunction in NC transgender care case
Plaintiffs challenging the North Carolina State Health Plan’s ban on coverage of medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients urge a federal Appeals Court to reject a recent request from the health plan. A Sept. 11 letter from the plan’s lawyers asked the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out an injunction in the case. The plaintiffs responded with a letter Tuesday objecting to that proposal.
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Federal Appeals Court urged to drop injunction in NC transgender care case
Lawyers representing the North Carolina State Health Plan are asking the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to throw out an injunction against the plan in a dispute over coverage for medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients.
Opinion
NC’s eugenics history should make us cautious on gender policy
How should our state approach deeply personal medical policies when the evidence is contested and the stakes are life-altering?
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Lawsuit revived after statute of limitations for detransitioners extended
Mosley will file the motion on Aug. 15 at the Gaston County Courthouse. The statute of limitations was only four years, but after HB 805 went into effect on July 29, that timeline was extended to 10 years.
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Parties pause suit challenging NC ban on minors’ gender transition surgeries
Both sides in a legal dispute over North Carolina’s law against gender transition surgeries for minors are asking a federal judge to place the case on hold. They want to wait for a federal Appeals Court to resolve a separate case involving the State Health Plan.
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Supreme Court vacates ruling against NC State Health Plan in transgender coverage case
The US Supreme Court has vacated a lower court ruling against the North Carolina State Health Plan in a case dealing with coverage of medical treatments typically sought by transgender patients. The high court issued an order Monday calling for the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals to give the case “further consideration in light of United States v. Skrmetti.”
