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Arkansas Transgender Veteran Challenges the USDVA's Health Care Coverage Policy

courtesy Evan Young

This summer the U.S. Department of Defense lifted a ban on transgender people serving in the military, yet certain transgender veterans continue to face bias in securing USDVA health care coverage. We follow a U.S. Army Major, retired—an Arkansas resident--who encountered obstacles seeking coverage for complications post-gender confirmation surgery. (Warning to listeners with children, this report is graphic in nature.) 

Jacqueline Froelich is an investigative reporter and news producer for Ozarks at Large.
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