Illinois Department of Insurance Calls for Health Insurers to Bar Discrimination Based on Transgender Status or Gender Identity

by Gary Kopycinski on July 29, 2014

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Insurers Are Instructed to Remove Exclusions of Coverage Based on Gender Identity in Plans Offered Under Affordable Care Act

CHICAGO–(ENEWSPF)–July 29, 2014. The Illinois Department of Insurance (DOI) today issued guidance clarifying that under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and Illinois state law health insurers may not discriminate based on gender identity and related medical conditions. The guidance reminds insurers that exclusions and denials of coverage on the basis of gender identity are against the…