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 Many insurance plans exclude coverage for "services, drugs, or supplies related to sex transformation".<ref name="CAP">{{Cite web |title=FAQ: Health Insurance Needs for Transgender Americans |last1=Cray |first1=Andrew |last2=Baker |first2=Kellan |work=Center for American Progress |date=3 October 2012 |access-date=13 April 2020 |url= https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/lgbtq-rights/reports/2012/10/03/40334/faq-health-insurance-needs-for-transgender-americans/}}</ref> When prescribing [[HRT]], some healthcare providers will get around this exclusion by entering the diagnosis as a hormone imbalance.
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+Some U.S.A. states have banned insurance companies from excluding transition-related care.<ref name="HRCmap">{{Cite web |title=State Maps of Laws & Policies: Transgender Healthcare |work=Human Rights Campaign |date=2 January 2020 |access-date=13 April 2020 |url= https://www.hrc.org/state-maps/transgender-healthcare}}</ref> Additionally, Medicare covers necessary transition-related care since May 2014 when the exclusion was removed.<ref name="tran_Heal">{{Cite web |title=Know Your Rights: Health Care |author= |work=National Center for Transgender Equality |date= |access-date=13 April 2020 |url= https://transequality.org/know-your-rights/health-care }}</ref>
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