Woman Drops Transgender Health Care Case Against US Military
Portland Press Herald, Maine
Published January 10, 2025 at 5:20pm ET
The U.S. House of Representatives is no longer asking to intervene in a Maine woman's lawsuit against the military's health insurance provider over transgender care now that she has dropped the case.
The woman, who is from Sagadahoc County and whose father is a veteran, sued the Department of Defense in U.S. District Court in Portland in late 2022 after she was denied coverage for procedures to help treat her gender dysphoria. She alleged the program's rule against "sex gender changes" was discriminatory because it only applied to transgender patients.
She and another woman suing from Florida agreed to drop their case on Dec. 20 without reaching a settlement, about a month after U.S. District Judge Nancy Torresen found that the military's insurance, TRICARE, violated the women's constitutional rights. (Neither woman is identified in court records.)
Torresen's ruling was not final, however, because she wanted the parties to discuss possible relief. Her ruling will be dropped along with the rest of the case.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/01/10/woman-drops-transgender-health-care-case-against-us-military.html
