Insurance companies put on notice for stranding trans patients who want to reverse surgeries

Rep. Diana Harshbarger, R-Tenn., a lawmaker with a pharmacy background, is introducing a bill that would require health insurance companies that provide transgender procedures to also pay for detransitions and adverse effects.

Harshbarger fears that,  under many current plans, transitioners who consider reversing their sex-reassignment procedures are stuck with what is effectively a financial one-way door.

"It's outrageous that a health plan can cover sex-rejecting procedures but refuse...