A woman who works for Spectrum Health has filed a federal lawsuit in Michigan against her employer and insurer for allegedly failing to provide coverage for treatment of gender dysphoria, including surgery. The Michigan federal courts are under the authority of the 6th US Circuit Court of Appeals, which has ruled that the federal Civil Rights Act protects transgender people from sex discrimination. The complaint is interesting and well written, in that it includes counts under the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in health care, the federal Civil Rights Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in employment, and for fraud and misrepresentations because her employer told her the care was not covered when it knew that the care was covered. The complaint is here: https://ift.tt/2EX3Hz3
