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SUMMARY:Healthcare for All Direct Action Prep Party
DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Sylvia Rivera Law Project and TransJustice of the Audr
 e Lorde Project as we get ready for a radical Action for Trans and Gender 
 Non-Conforming Health Care Reform!\n\nBring a shirt\, bag\, hat\, poster b
 oard\, sweatshirt\, or anything you would like to silk screen to get ready
  for our action for comprehensive Health Care for all Trans and Gender Non
  Conforming People\n\nHealthcare for transgender people isn’t special he
 althcare. It’s regular healthcare that non-trans people receive every da
 y when they need it. Transgender health treatments are safe\, effective an
 d medically necessary for many transgender people. Unfortunately\, healthc
 are is often denied to trans people due to misinformation and bias.\n\nTha
 t’s why we are calling on New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo and New York
  State Health Commissioner Nirav R. Shah to repeal New York State Medicaid
 ’s regulation excluding transgender people from accessing care. Medicaid
  is meant to ensure that low-income people have the care they need to surv
 ive\, and no one should be denied that just because of who they are.\n\nBy
  repealing the exclusionary regulation\, Gov. Cuomo and Health Commissione
 r Shah can ensure that transgender people receiving Medicaid have the same
  access to essential care as all other eligible New Yorkers.\n\nAs the Nat
 ional Center For Transgender Equality and the National Gay and Lesbian Tas
 k Force found: transgender people live in poverty at 4 times the national 
 average\, a staggering 19% of transgender people report lacking any form o
 f health insurance\, including Medicaid.\n\nThe truth is that covering tra
 ns healthcare is affordable through insurance plans. As Basic Rights Orego
 n Points out: No jurisdiction\, employer or insurance company which covers
  trans health care has found the cost to be prohibitive. In 2011 the city 
 of Portland determined that the cost increase was only .08% of its healthc
 are insurance budget. Multnomah County has seen low utilization since 2001
 \, The city and county of San Francisco have provided comprehensive covera
 ge for years with research showing no discernible cost.\n\nSo please join 
 us and tell NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo and NYS Health Commissioner Shah to let t
 rans and gender non conforming people New Yorkers get the healthcare they 
 need!
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