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A federal appeals court recently held that an employer’s health insurance plan wrongly excluded coverage for gender-affirming care in violation of federal civil rights law – offering a warning to employers across the country when it comes to supporting transgender workers. The exclusion drew a line between gender-affirming surgery and other operations and intentionally carved out an exclusion based on one’s transgender status, which the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals found violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. What do employers and benefit plans need to know about the May 13 decision?
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