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The AAPS 103rd Annual Meeting 2025
May 24-27, 2025 | Austin, Texas
D82
A Decade Under Review—Trends In Insurance Coverage And Wait Time For Gender-Affirming Top Surgery
Poster Presenter
Part of Topic
Gender Affirmation
A Decade Under Review – Trends in Insurance Coverage and Wait Time for Gender-Affirming Top Surgery
Background
The 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey demonstrated that:
25% of respondents were denied coverage for hormones; and
55% were denied coverage foar surgical care within the year
Legislative changes, updated state health policies, and expanded insurance coverage increased access to gender-affirming mastectomy (“top surgery”)
Objective
To characterize insurance denials and wait times for top surgery in adults at a Midwestern academic center serving a tristate region