January 08, 2026
Two individuals from a proposed class of transgender women on Thursday urged a Connecticut federal judge to stop Aetna from refusing to cover gender-affirming facial reconstruction to treat severe depression, anxiety and, in one case, suicidal thoughts, saying the insurer committed sex discrimination while claiming the surgeries were purely cosmetic.
September 12, 2024
Aetna Life Insurance Company violates bias prohibitions in federal healthcare law by categorically excluding coverage for gender-affirming facial reconstruction surgery, three transgender women claim in a proposed class action in Connecticut federal court.