• A Georgia employee requested their county include gender-affirming care as part of their health coverage. Instead, the county spent $1.2 million fighting the effort: report

    6 days ago - By Business Insider

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    A Georgia county was accused of refusing to include gender-affirming care as part of their health coverage.
    An employee sued them for discrimination in 2019, ProPublica reported.
    The county spent $1.2 million fighting it, ProPublica found - significantly more than the cost to cover care.
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