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Medicaid For Transgender Services

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While the arguments continue over health insurance, Oregon just took a big step. 

The state version of Medicaid, the Oregon Health Plan, will now cover more procedures for transgender patients. 

The coverage includes treatment for gender dysphoria, the basic condition in which people feel their gender identities conflict with their birth gender. 

We hear from Basic Rights Oregonabout the work it took to get this and other procedures included for low-income transgender people.
 

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Geoffrey Riley is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism and has hosted the Jefferson Exchange on JPR since 2009. He's been a broadcaster in the Rogue Valley for more than 35 years, working in both television and radio.