MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Wisconsin to pay for the gender reassignment surgery for two transgender Medicaid recipients.

Cody Flack, 30, and Sara Ann Makenzie, 41, filed a lawsuit in April, saying a state rule denying coverage for surgeries to treat gender dysphoria violates the Affordable Care Act and their right to equal protection, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported. The state rule that excludes coverage for undefined "transsexual surgery" was adopted in 1996.

U.S. District Judge William Conley granted a preliminary injunction Wednesday barring enforcement of the rule. He suggested the injunction could be expanded to include any transgender Medicaid patient whose doctor recommends the surgery.

"The likelihood of ongoing, irreparable harm facing these two individual plaintiffs outweighs any marginal impacts on the defendants' stated concerns regarding public health or limiting costs," Conley said in the 39-page order.

Flack could get his surgery in two or three weeks, said Attorney Rock Pledl. He said Makenzie may have to wait a few months because of her status on the paperwork process with an HMO.

Flack, who has cerebral palsy, uses a motorized wheelchair and relies on Supplemental Security Income for the disabled as his sole support. He first identified as a boy at age 5, according the lawsuit. Makenzie is also is disabled and relies on Supplemental Security Income. She has been living as a woman since 2012.

"This is tremendous," Pledl said of the ruling.

The state's Medicaid has a budget of approximately $9.7 billion to cover about 1.2 million eligible residents. An estimated 5,000 of enrollees are transgender.

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The likelihood of ongoing, irreparable harm facing these two individual plaintiffs outweighs any marginal impacts on the defendants' stated concerns regarding public health or limiting costs," Conley said in the 39-page order.

First I would contend that chopping off someone's penis would cause irreparable harm. Second, marginal? Does judge even understand the pre-op, surgical, and LIFETIME post-op costs he just put them on the hook for?

As I read it, this decision is characterized as a preliminary injunction barring enforcement of the 1996 state rule excluding coverage.

Then one of the plaintiffs attorney's states that one of the surgeries could be done in two or three weeks.

That hardly sounds like enough time for the state to appeal this decision and the unfunded and utterly unsustainable financial burdens which it would be subjected to if this is allowed to stand.

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U.S. District Judge William Conley

Wow. Yet another rocket surgeon of a jurist. We're so lucky to have these people on the bench.

Oh, and thank you GOP cowards for continually lying to the voters and leaving ObaminationCare in place to continue to reek havoc on the populace and country.

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Originally posted by Skins2881:
Does judge even understand the pre-op, surgical, and LIFETIME post-op costs he just put them on the hook for?

Likely doesn't know, and more aptly, doesn't care. Just bend to your elitist betters, head back to work, and pay your taxes. This judge and others like him will determine where the fruits of your labors need to be spent.

This is Medicaid, not sure why you think obummercare has anything to do with it.
This is a compelling case for the stupidity of the judiciary.

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This is Medicaid, not sure why you think obummercare has anything to do with it.

ObaminationCare massively altered Medicaid.

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This is a compelling case for the stupidity of the judiciary.

On that we are in complete agreement.

http://www.sexchangeregret.com

And this
http://thefederalist.com/2015/...-tell-you-otherwise/


“90 percent of these diverse patients had at least one other significant form of psychopathology” reported Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Department of Psychiatry in a 2009 study of transgender outcomes at their clinic. In other words, 90 percent of the patients were suffering from a mental illness that gender surgery did not alleviate.
61 percent of the patients treated for cross-gender identification (359 people) had other psychiatric disorders and illnesses, notably personality, mood, dissociative, and psychotic disorders according to a 2003 Dutch survey of board-certified Dutch psychiatrists.
A 2013 University of Louisville, KY study of 351 transgender individuals found that the rates of depression and anxiety symptoms within the study “far surpass the rates of those for the general population.” About half had depressive symptoms and more than 40 percent had symptoms of anxiety.

I love reading this whilst I battle with the WI DOR over my taxes.

Any wonder why it's going broke. Why are they even enrolled in Medicaid?

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"The likelihood of ongoing, irreparable harm facing these two individual plaintiffs outweighs any marginal impacts on the defendants' stated concerns regarding public health or limiting costs,"

There is almost complete consensus of relevant experts that gender "reassignment surgery" that is attempted sex change surgery, solves no problems and ends up causing irreparable harm to the recipient. Although it feels good to the activist supporting surgery for others.

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This is Medicaid, not sure why you think obummercare has anything to do with it.

"Cody Flack, 30, and Sara Ann Makenzie, 41, filed a lawsuit in April, saying a state rule denying coverage for surgeries to treat gender dysphoria violates the Affordable Care Act and their right to equal protection..."

Lefty Judges have run this nation into the ground.

California Is First to Pay for Prisoner’s Sex-Reassignment Surgery

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...ignment-surgery.html



SACRAMENTO — A 57-year-old convicted killer serving a life sentence in California is the first inmate in the United States to receive state-financed sex-reassignment surgery, the prisoner’s lawyers said.

California prison officials agreed in August 2015 to pay for the surgery for the inmate, Shiloh Heavenly Quine, who was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery for ransom and has no possibility of parole.

Ms. Quine’s case led the state to become the first to set standards that will allow other transgender inmates to apply to receive state-financed sex-reassignment surgery.

It also prompted a federal magistrate to require California to provide transgender female inmates housed in men’s facilities with more female-oriented items like nightgowns, scarves and necklaces.

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Any wonder why it's going broke. Why are they even enrolled in Medicaid?

Probably because SSDI income doesn't meet threshold to preclude them from enrolling and they've likely spent down any assist they might have had in order to qualify. Complete wards of the state.

Another fine judge brought to you by The One - obama.

Wisconsin Law Journal - Meet Judge Conley

But I have to pay $$$ for life saving Epi-Pens.
Fuck em all.

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90 percent of these diverse patients had at least one other significant form of psychopathology” reported Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, Department of Psychiatry in a 2009 study of transgender outcomes at their clinic. In other words, 90 percent of the patients were suffering from a mental illness that gender surgery did not alleviate.
61 percent of the patients treated for cross-gender identification (359 people) had other psychiatric disorders and illnesses, notably personality, mood, dissociative, and psychotic disorders according to a 2003 Dutch survey of board-certified Dutch psychiatrists.
A 2013 University of Louisville, KY study of 351 transgender individuals found that the rates of depression and anxiety symptoms within the study “far surpass the rates of those for the general population.” About half had depressive symptoms and more than 40 percent had symptoms of anxiety.

In the 1970s when these issues first surfaced, there was a requirement that prior to any gender surgery taking place that an extensive psycholgical evaluation be conducted to rule out the very issues mentioned above. At that time there were only two centers in the United States that performed the surgeries and there were many steps to be taken before actual surgery.

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A true liberal, he is mostly out to redistribute resources and let the criminals go free.

Why don't I like him? I guess I'm just not very tolerant.

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Lefty Judges have run this nation into the ground.

California Is First to Pay for Prisoner’s Sex-Reassignment Surgery

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/0...ignment-surgery.html



SACRAMENTO — A 57-year-old convicted killer serving a life sentence in California is the first inmate in the United States to receive state-financed sex-reassignment surgery, the prisoner’s lawyers said.

California prison officials agreed in August 2015 to pay for the surgery for the inmate, Shiloh Heavenly Quine, who was convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping and robbery for ransom and has no possibility of parole.

Ms. Quine’s case led the state to become the first to set standards that will allow other transgender inmates to apply to receive state-financed sex-reassignment surgery.

It also prompted a federal magistrate to require California to provide transgender female inmates housed in men’s facilities with more female-oriented items like nightgowns, scarves and necklaces.

That picture will scare the white off of rice.