"The Trump administration is facing a new legal complaint from a group of government employees who are affected by a new policy going into effect Thursday that eliminates coverage for gender-affirming care in federal health insurance programs. The complaint, filed Thursday on the employees' behalf by the Human Rights Campaign, is in response to an August announcement from the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) that it would no longer cover chemical and surgical modification of an individual's sex traits through medical interventions in health insurance programs for federal employees and US Postal Service workers."
"The complaint argues that denying coverage of gender-affirming care is sex-based discrimination and asks the personnel office to rescind the policy. This policy is not about cost or care it is about driving transgender people and people with transgender spouses, children, and dependents out of the federal workforce, the Human Rights Campaign Foundation president, Kelley Robinson, said in a statement announcing the move. The complaint, filed with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, includes testimonies from four current federal workers at the state department, health and human services and the postal service who would be directly affected by the elimination of coverage."
Federal employees filed a legal complaint challenging an Office of Personnel Management policy that removes coverage for chemical and surgical gender-affirming interventions from federal health insurance programs. The Human Rights Campaign filed the complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of affected workers, arguing that denial of gender-affirming care is sex-based discrimination and requesting the policy be rescinded. The complaint includes testimonies from four current federal workers across State, Health and Human Services, and the Postal Service, including a Postal Service employee whose daughter was recommended puberty blockers and potential hormone therapy. The administration has also pursued other measures restricting transgender care.
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