Medicare & Transgender Older Adults
January 2023 | Justice in Aging, State Health Insurance Assistance Program, Senior Medicare Patrol, and SAGE National Resource Center on LGBTQ+ Aging
“It has been almost ten years since the Department of Health and Human
Services (HHS) changed longstanding policy and began coverage of medically
necessary gender-affirming surgeries. In that time there has been significant
clarification of Medicare policies for many services to transgender adults.
Here are some basics.
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Transgender older adults have unique health care needs. Here’s what Medicare is doing to address them.