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For decades, Medicare did not cover transition [[surgery]] due to a policy that categorized such treatment as "experimental." That exclusion was eliminated in 2014<ref name="NCTE-medicare" />, and now Medicare covers certain transition services that are deemed "medically necessary".<ref name="pointofpride">{{Cite web |title=Does Medicare Cover Gender-Affirming Surgery? |author= |work=Point of Pride |date=5 October 2018 |access-date=16 May 2020 |url= https://pointofpride.org/does-medicare-cover-gender-affirming-surgery/}}</ref> However, depending on where you live, your Medicare local contractor may have specific guidelines for coverage of transition-related care, and the beneficiary may have to file an appeal for services to be covered.<ref name="NCTE-medicare" /> | For decades, Medicare did not cover transition [[surgery]] due to a policy that categorized such treatment as "experimental." That exclusion was eliminated in 2014<ref name="NCTE-medicare" />, and now Medicare covers certain transition services that are deemed "medically necessary".<ref name="pointofpride">{{Cite web |title=Does Medicare Cover Gender-Affirming Surgery? |author= |work=Point of Pride |date=5 October 2018 |access-date=16 May 2020 |url= https://pointofpride.org/does-medicare-cover-gender-affirming-surgery/}}</ref> However, depending on where you live, your Medicare local contractor may have specific guidelines for coverage of transition-related care, and the beneficiary may have to file an appeal for services to be covered.<ref name="NCTE-medicare" /> | ||
====Tricare==== | |||
As of June 2020, Tricare (insurance for USA's military service members) "covers [[hormone therapy]] and psychological counseling for gender dysphoria", but generally does not cover gender-affirming [[surgery]] unless a special waiver is obtained. It is unknown if being nonbinary affects these coverages, as the Tricare website only mentions "born one gender, but feels they are the opposite".<ref name="tric_Gend">{{Cite web |title=Gender Dysphoria Services |work=tricare.mil |date=June 18, 2020 |access-date=October 10, 2020 |url= https://tricare.mil/CoveredServices/IsItCovered/GenderDysphoriaServices}}</ref> | |||
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