CMS proposes a policy that would add sex-trait modification to the list of items and services that may not be covered as essential health benefits beginning in plan year 2026.
In other words, they're throwing transgender folks under the bus, which is hardly surprising but is still appalling; I'll have a separate writeup about this soon. It doesn't mean that insurance carriers can't cover gender-affirming services, but it does mean those services can't have APTC subsidies applied towards them if they're included in the policy.
