Ep. 343: Judge Blocks White House on Gender-Affirming Care, Trans Vet Loses License & More
Today's episode of Listen Up Girl leads with its single political story: a federal judge in Massachusetts struck down an administration rule that would have removed gender-affirming care from the list of essential health benefits protected under the Affordable Care Act, a ruling brought by a coalition of twenty-one states and hailed as a major legal win, even though the same judge let four other contested provisions in the rule stand. From there, the episode grounds that policy fight in a human story — a trans veteran in Kansas who was left riding an electric trike to provide for her disabled…
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