POLITICS
Georgia Spent $1 Million to Save $10,000
But it was never about the money
It never ceases to amaze me the lengths that red states will go to to stand on their principles. Take Georgia, for instance. Okay, Georgia is more of a purple-y state these days but since it is transitioning (ooh, pun!) from a red state to a blue state, for today, we will consider it a red state.
Anna Lange, a sheriff’s deputy in Houston County, Georgia, bravely came out as transgender in 2017 after ten years with the Sheriff’s Department.
Apparently no one had a problem with it. I guess it’s easier to come out when you’re carrying a gun than it is as a timid teen.
Anyways, she turned to her employer-provided health insurance to pay for her gender affirming surgeries but was told that those procedures were not covered in the plan.
Lange scraped together the money for top surgery in 2018, using both savings and retirement funds. But she couldn’t afford the $25,000 needed for bottom surgery.
So, she appealed the exclusion of gender affirming surgery with the administrators of her health plan but was denied in 2018 and again in 2019. Next, she appealed to the county board of commissioners to remove the exclusions. And was denied again.
