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Ralph Shearer Northam (born September 13, 1959) is an American politician and physician serving as the 73rd Governor of Virginia since January 13, 2018. A pediatric neurologist by occupation, he was an officer in the U.S. Army Medical Corps from 1984 to 1992. Northam, a member of the Democratic Party, served as the 40th Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 2014 to 2018 prior to winning the governorship against Republican nominee Ed Gillespie in the 2017 election.

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Northam budget proposal includes Medicaid access to gender-affirming care

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Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam submitted a budget request in December that includes access to gender-affirming care in the state’s Medicaid program.

Northam, a Democrat, introduced Senate Bill 1100, and its companion bill House Bill 1800, on Dec. 16 for the 2021 legislative session that convenes on Jan.

13. “The four year journey to secure medically necessary, gender-affirming care for all Virginians has been hard fought,” Equality Virginia Executive Director Vee Lamneck told the Washington Blade on Wednesday. “It is a great relief that the governor included this in his budget so that Virginians who are covered by Medicaid will be able to walk into their doctor’s office and get their healthcare needs met.” In the 750-page budget, the last

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