University of Maryland Wants to Include Sex Changes to Insurance
Coverage
by William Bigelow 17 Dec 2013,
3:52 AM PDT
The Diamondback, the University of Maryland’s
student newspaper, is reporting that sex change operations may soon be required
coverage under the university’s student health insurance plan. The newspaper
states that the University’s health center has “submitted proposals to three
separate companies detailing what the university would like its new plan to
include” and “all include coverage of up to $100,000 for any kind of sexual
reassignment procedure." The health center supervises the university’s
student health plans.
The health care plan for students currently enrolled at the University of Maryland has no coverage for sex change
operations or treatments. Some advocates for transgendered individuals believe
the situation is discriminatory.
Nicholas Sakurai, the associate
director of the LGBT Equity center at the university told The Diamondback that
once sex changes were covered, that “would definitely bring us a lot [sic] to
where we want to be to make sure we’re not discriminating as an institution.”
Joe Ehrenkrantz, diversity
director for the student government, told The Diamondback that the lack of sex
change coverage is "calculating discrimination into the cost of health
insurance.”
Yet the group of students
interested in sex changes is tiny; The Diamondback states that out of the
37,000 students, "The health center saw about five students for
transgender care in the past two years, officials said, and one of those
students used the insurance plan.”
Sacared Bodison, the health center
director, said that with the added charges to all students that would result
from adding sex changes to the university’s coverage, it is the price that will
determine if the coverage is offered. Bodison said, “It is not a benefit many
people would use, so it has to be weighed against all the other people who
would pay extra money. I expect it to add to the premium. I’m just hoping it
won’t add much.” She added that adding the coverage would increase the cost of
students’ premiums roughly $15.
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