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ACLU Challenges Major Health System’s Denial of Insurance for Transgender Employee

Lawsuit Argues Dignity Health’s Denial of Medically Necessary Care Violates Civil Rights Act and Affordable Care Act

SAN FRANCISCO —(ENEWSPF)–June 6, 2016.  The American Civil Liberties Union today filed a federal lawsuit against the fifth largest health care system in the U.S., Dignity Health, because it denies transgender employees health insurance coverage for medically necessary transition-related health care.

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