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| Region | Alaska |
| Issue | Gender-affirming care |
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Alaska had insurance explicitly restrict coverage for gender affirming care. There was a lawsuit against it, and Alaska must provide gender affirming care under insurance. There has been no specific laws on gender affirming care since. |
| Sources | https://alaskapublic.org/2021/07/01/alaska-medicaid-must-cover-gender-affirming-care-following-homer-womans-lawsuit/ https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/being_ak_2020_being-vs-crum |
Revision History (3)
edited by DaisyGeekyTrans. Reverting to revision #60410: Closures done by the clinics’ neglectful will not by the state ruling.
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| Value | Legal, but restricted for minors | Legal |
| Description | Alaska had insurance explicitly restrict coverage for gender affirming care. There was a lawsuit against it, and Alaska must provide gender affirming care under insurance. There has been no specific laws on gender affirming care since. However, clinics have been closing their doors for minors at an increasing rate due to financial and legal pressures from the Trump Administration. | Alaska had insurance explicitly restrict coverage for gender affirming care. There was a lawsuit against it, and Alaska must provide gender affirming care under insurance. There has been no specific laws on gender affirming care since. |
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| Sources | https://alaskapublic.org/2021/07/01/alaska-medicaid-must-cover-gender-affirming-care-following-homer-womans-lawsuit/ https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/being_ak_2020_being-vs-crum https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care | https://alaskapublic.org/2021/07/01/alaska-medicaid-must-cover-gender-affirming-care-following-homer-womans-lawsuit/ https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/being_ak_2020_being-vs-crum |
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edited by mineszilla. clinic closures occuring in all legal states
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0 | Old Value (Original) | New Value | |
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| Value | Legal | Legal, but restricted for minors |
| Description | Alaska had insurance explicitly restrict coverage for gender affirming care. There was a lawsuit against it, and Alaska must provide gender affirming care under insurance. There has been no specific laws on gender affirming care since. | Alaska had insurance explicitly restrict coverage for gender affirming care. There was a lawsuit against it, and Alaska must provide gender affirming care under insurance. There has been no specific laws on gender affirming care since. However, clinics have been closing their doors for minors at an increasing rate due to financial and legal pressures from the Trump Administration. |
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| Sources | https://alaskapublic.org/2021/07/01/alaska-medicaid-must-cover-gender-affirming-care-following-homer-womans-lawsuit/ https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/being_ak_2020_being-vs-crum | https://alaskapublic.org/2021/07/01/alaska-medicaid-must-cover-gender-affirming-care-following-homer-womans-lawsuit/ https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/being_ak_2020_being-vs-crum https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/10/30/nx-s1-5588655/transgender-trump-medicare-medicaid-gender-affirming-care |
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| Original entry | |
|---|---|
| Status | Legal |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | (none) |
| Description | Alaska had insurance explicitly restrict coverage for gender affirming care. There was a lawsuit against it, and Alaska must provide gender affirming care under insurance. There has been no specific laws on gender affirming care since. |
| Sources | https://alaskapublic.org/2021/07/01/alaska-medicaid-must-cover-gender-affirming-care-following-homer-womans-lawsuit/ https://legacy.lambdalegal.org/in-court/cases/being_ak_2020_being-vs-crum |