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West Virginians Sue Over State Ban on Gender-Affirming Health Coverage

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From left: Christopher Fain, Zachary Martell, and Brian McNemar, courtesy Lambda LegalLambda Legal has filed a class action lawsuit challenging West Virginia’s blanket exclusion of gender-confirmation coverage from its Medicaid and state employee health insurance programs.Lambda filed the suit, Fain v.

Crouch, Thursday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia on behalf of Christopher Fain, a Medicaid participant; Zachary Martell and Brian McNemar, a dependent and state employee, respectively; and, as the suit states, “all others similarly situated.”Fain is a transgender man, college student, and retail worker.

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