Posted by Ariel Williams on 10/09/07

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Firstly I'm a transgendered woman.. male to female.
Second I work in a city where discrimination on basis of
gender identity is protected.

I tried to get my employer to get a new health plan
provider whom would not deny SRS (Sex Reassignment
Surgery) for the employees like aetna or kaiser permantle
for example.. and even carriers like blus cross and UHC
have covered it upon request from the employers.

They told me that they "did reasearch and found such
cobverage is rare" and didn't even bother to inquire if
our new provider would cover it or not they didnt even
look into it. Then told me "we will not cover SRS and have
no intention of ever covering SRS for our employees"

They then told me that it was not discrimination cause we
dont let anyone get SRS. I said so you could board up the
mens room and only have a womens room and use "we don't
let anyone use a mens room as an excuse" he said well
obviously no.

My question is if they could have provided insurance knew
that not doing such was harming an employee and decided
they didn't want to even try is thier a case to sue?

Re: Can a employer dny medical coverage 4 protected class of, 10/09/07, by Jenn.

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