Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) is an American politician and attorney who served as the 44th president of the United States from 2009 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, Barack Obama was the first African-American president of the United States. He previously served as a U.S. senator from Illinois from 2005 to 2008 and an Illinois state senator from 1997 to 2004.
Colorado First State to Include Gender Affirming Care as Essential Health Care Benefit
newsweek.comJared Polis said. There are 15 additional drug alternatives and insurance covers up to six acupuncture visits per year, according to the Colorado Division of Insurance.His office defined gender-affirming care as "another way of describing the mental and physical health services that help align a transgender person's body into alignment with their gender identity."CMS approved the state's request to consider gender confirmation care part of its "essential health benefits," which are the requirements established for certain employer plans under former President Barack Obama's Affordable Care Act.Under federal law, state Medicaid programs are not required to provide gender-affirming care but each government can have policies that ban certain.
