%0 Journal Article
%T Health Insurance Coverage of Recommended Gender-Affirming Health Care Services for Transgender Youth: Shopping Online for Coverage Information
%A Julie Christensen
%A Nadia L. Dowshen
%A Siobhan M. Gruschow
%J Archive of "Transgender Health".
%D 2019
%R 10.1089/trgh.2018.0055
%X We assessed online health insurance plan indication of coverage and accessibility of information for recommended services for transgender youth (TY). Content analysis was performed for plans used at a pediatric Gender Clinic by reviewing information about coverage of puberty blockers, hormones, masculinizing chest surgery, and counseling. Transgender-specific exclusions and the time required for the research assistant to review each plan's online information were noted. No plan (0%; n=36) indicated coverage of all four categories of recommended services online. Forty-nine percent indicated ¡Ư1 transgender-specific exclusion. The median time required for a research assistant to review online coverage information for each insurance plan was 50£¿min. Efforts are needed to ensure that online insurance information is accessible and updated in accordance with policy and coverage recommendations for TY
%K health policy
%K insurance coverage
%K transgender health
%K transgender youth
%U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6608682/