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May 03, 2024   
Health Law Weekly

Fourth Circuit Strikes Health Plans’ Categorical Exclusions of Gender-Affirming Care as Unconstitutional

  • May 03, 2024

Categorical exclusions of gender-affirming care in North Carolina’s health plan for state employees and in West Virginia’s Medicaid program discriminate on the basis of gender identity and sex in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause, a divided Fourth Circuit held April 29.

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