{"id":1947970,"date":"2023-06-15T11:43:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:43:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevadas-gop-governor-signs-bill-requiring-health-insurance-to-cover-transgender-surgery\/"},"modified":"2023-06-15T11:44:58","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T15:44:58","slug":"nevadas-gop-governor-signs-bill-requiring-health-insurance-to-cover-transgender-surgery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevadas-gop-governor-signs-bill-requiring-health-insurance-to-cover-transgender-surgery\/","title":{"rendered":"Nevada&#8217;s Republican Governor mandates transgender surgery coverage in health insurance."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnevadas-gop-governor-signs-bill-requiring-health-insurance-to-cover-transgender-surgery%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1947970&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"post_content\">\n<h2>Nevada Governor Defies Party Norms, Signs Bill to Cover Transgender Surgeries<\/h2>\n<p>In a bold move that defies the national trend of Republican governors opposing transgender surgeries, Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo, a Republican himself, signed a bill on June 12 requiring health insurance companies to cover these procedures.<\/p>\n<p>This groundbreaking decision follows the footsteps of Oregon&#8217;s Democrat governor, who signed a similar law just last month.<\/p>\n<p>But Governor Lombardo didn&#8217;t stop there. Earlier in June, he also signed a second bill mandating the adoption of health standards for transgender and gender-nonconforming inmates in the state&#8217;s Department of Corrections, along with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/double-jeopardy-princeton-prepares-to-axe-star-professor-who-raised-hell-over-woke-lunacy\/\" title=\"Double Jeopardy: Princeton Prepares To Axe Star Professor Who Raised Hell Over Woke Lunacy\">cultural competency training<\/a> for officers.<\/p>\n<p>While six state legislatures with Democrat majorities have already passed bills in favor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pop-star-lizzo-calls-texas-attempt-to-probe-transgender-medical-procedures-for-minors-child-abuse-stay-out-of-my-body\/\" title=\"Pop Star Lizzo Calls Texas' Attempt to Probe Transgender Medical Procedures for Minors 'Child Abuse': 'Stay Out of My Body'\">transgender medical procedures<\/a> and policies, Lombardo&#8217;s signature is a significant departure from the stance of other Republican governors.<\/p>\n<p>Notably, Lombardo recently signed a bill that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nevadas-gop-governor-signs-bill-requiring-health-insurance-to-cover-transgender-surgery\/\" title=\"Nevada's Republican Governor mandates transgender surgery coverage in health insurance.\">protects physicians providing abortions<\/a> from disciplinary actions, further defying party norms.<\/p>\n<p>However, the governor faced criticism from transgender advocates for vetoing a measure that would have safeguarded providers of transgender surgeries and services from losing their medical licenses. This decision has raised concerns about the shortage of providers in Nevada.<\/p>\n<p>Despite the backlash, Lombardo&#8217;s veto on June 3 may have inadvertently led to more transgender surgeries being deemed &#8220;medically necessary&#8221; by insurance companies in Nevada, resulting in increased coverage.<\/p>\n<h2>Republican Response to Transgender Issues<\/h2>\n<p>Meanwhile, other Republicans are questioning the Department of Health and Human Services&#8217; advocacy for transgender treatments.<\/p>\n<p>In April, GOP lawmakers demanded evidence from HHS justifying their support for what they consider <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/s-d-to-prosecute-abortion-doctors-restrict-access-to-pills\/\" title=\"S.D. to prosecute abortion doctors, restrict access to pills\">dangerous medical procedures<\/a> for transgender minors.<\/p>\n<p>A letter to HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra expressed concerns about the prescription of experimental drugs and surgeries to troubled children.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>bill marks a significant step forward for transgender healthcare access in a state where Republican governors typically oppose such measures. This move aligns Nevada with Oregon&#8217;s progressive stance, highlighting a growing acceptance and recognition of transgender rights across the country.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1843,"featured_media":1947971,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[543],"tags":[3711,4173,4964,8322,7816,13914,3911,8003,4019],"class_list":["post-1947970","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-epoch-times","tag-coverage","tag-governor","tag-health","tag-insurance","tag-mandates","tag-nevadas","tag-republican","tag-surgery","tag-transgender"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947970","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1843"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1947970"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1947970\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1947971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1947970"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1947970"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1947970"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}