Proposed Obamacare repeal drastically cuts access to transgender health care

After last month’s failure, the Trump administration is again lobbying House Republicans to repeal the Affordable Care Act.

The emerging reworked repeal contains language to defund Planned Parenthood, which is one of the largest providers of transgender health care in the United States.

On top of providing LGBTQ-inclusive sexual and reproductive health services, STD testing, birth control, and physical exams, a growing number of PPFA centers provide hormone replacement therapy for people who are transgender. 

“The repeated attacks on Planned Parenthood and accessible healthcare have a direct impact on transgender people and their lives,” said Nick Adams, director of GLAAD’s Transgender Media Program. “Transgender Americans already face extremely high barriers when it comes to accessing safe and comprehensive healthcare. We cannot allow established resources to be lost.”

In many rural areas across the nation, Planned Parenthood is the only option for transgender people to find safe and inclusive care – services that are vital for their health and well-being.

According to a study by the National Center for Transgender Equality:

• 29 percent of transgender Americans live in poverty, compared to 14 percent of the general population.

• Transgender people of color are three times more likely to live in poverty.

• Nearly one-quarter of respondents reported that they did not seek the health care they needed due to fear of being mistreated as a transgender person.

• 33 percent did not go to a health care provider when needed because they could not afford it.

• One out of four transgender people experienced a problem with their insurance related to being transgender, such as being denied coverage for care related to transition or being denied coverage for primary care simply because they were transgender.

• One-third of those who saw a health care provider had at least one negative experience related to being transgender in that medical setting.

Planned Parenthood Centers that offer HRT

California

• Walnut Creek - Walnut Creek Health Center
• Sacramento
• Santa Cruz
• Fresno

Colorado

• Denver - Denver Central Health Center

Florida 

• Ft. Myers  
• Immokalee
• Kissimmee
• Lakeland
• Manatee
• Naples
• Orlando – Downtown
• Orlando – East
• Sarasota
• St. Petersburg
• Tampa

Illinois 

• Aurora
• Bloomington
• Chicago - Near North Health Center
• Rogers Park- Rogers Park Health Center
• Champaign - Champaign Health Center
• Decatur
• Near North
• Pekin
• Peoria
• Rogers Park
• Springfield 

Maine

• Biddeford - Biddeford Health Center
• Portland - Portland Health Center
• Sanford - Sanford Health Center
• Topsham - Topsham Health Center

Montana

• Billings - Planned Parenthood Heights
• Billings - Planned Parenthood West
• Helena - Planned Parenthood Helena

Nevada 

• Reno - Fifth Street Health Center

New Hampshire

• Manchester - Manchester Health Center

New York

• Ithaca - Ithaca Center
• Saratoga Springs - Saratoga Springs Center

North Carolina

• Asheville - Asheville Health Center
• Chapel Hill - Chapel Hill Health Center
• Raleigh - Raleigh Health Center

Ohio

• Columbia Location
• Edmond Location
• Northland KC Location
• Little Rock Location
• Midtown OKC Location
• Tulsa Location

Vermont

• Barre - Barre Health Center
• Bennington - Bennington Health Center
• Brattleboro - Brattleboro Health Center
• Burlington - Burlington Health Center
• Hyde Park - Hyde Park Health Center
• Middlebury - Middlebury Health Center
• St. Albans - St. Albans Health Center
• White River Junction - White River Junction Health Center

Washington 

• Bellingham - Bellingham Health Center
• Mt. Vernon - Mt. Vernon Health Center