Until Friday , a national policy barred Medicare from covering sex-change surgery . A board under the Department of Health and Human services overturned that policy . The new rule is expected to take effect in January 2018 for all transgender people who have undergone sex reassignment surgery.
Until Friday , a national policy barred Medicare from covering sex-change surgery . A board under the Department of Health and Human services overturned that policy . Now , 15 regional administrators will decide whether the surgery is covered .