Comprehensive Guide to Transgender Student Health Insurance for Medical School Applicants

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**** List is a Work in Progress (WILL UPDATE 5 SCHOOLS A DAY- SORRY I'M BUSY BUT I WILL TRY TO BE QUICK ON THIS LIST)

Albany Medical College
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES

Albert Einstein
Not Mentioned in Exclusions

Baylor School of Medicine
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? NO
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/baylor/pdbs1718.pdf

Boston University School of Medicine
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/bu/pdbs1617.pdf

Case Western Reserve University
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/case/pdbs1617.pdf

Columbia
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/columbia/pdbs1617.pdf

Drexel University
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/drexel/pdbsDRAGON1617.pdf

Emory University

Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/emory/pdbsDOM1617.pdf

Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? NO
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/fau/pdbsDOM1617.pdf

George Washington
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/gwu/pdbs1617.pdf

Icahn School of Medicine at Mt. Sinai
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES

Medical College of Georgia

Sexual Reassignment Surgery NOT covered. Hormones and Therapy not mentioned in Exclusions.

Mercer University
Sexual Reassignment Surgery NOT covered. Hormones and Therapy not mentioned in Exclusions.


Michigan State University
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? NO
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/msu2/pdbsBASE1516.pdf

NYITCOM
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/nyitdom/pdbs1617.pdf

New York Medical College
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/nymc/pdbs1617.pdf

Northwestern-Feinberg School of Medicine
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/northwestern/pdbs1718.pdf

NOVA Southeastern School of Medicine
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/nsu/pdbs1718.pdf

Midwestern University-Glendale AZ
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/midwestariz/pdbs1718.pdf

Midwestern University-Illinois

Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/midwestern/pdbs1718.pdf

Morehouse School of Medicine
(I talked to their HR for this information because it was not available in their website)
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES

Penn State
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/pennstate/pdbs1617.pdf

Quinnipac- Netter
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/quinnipiac/pdbs1617.pdf

Rosalind Franklin
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES
https://myahpcare.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/2016-2017-RFU-Brochure-FINAL.pdf

Saint Louis University
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES (No Exclusions Mentioned)
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/slu/pdbs1617.pdf

Stony Brook
(NO EXCLUSIONS MENTIONED)
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/sbu/pdbs1617.pdf

SUNY Upstate
(NO EXCLUSIONS MENTIONED)
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/upstate/pdbs1516.pdf

University of Arizona- Pheonix and Tucson
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/uarizona/pdbs1617.pdf

UC schools in Cali
No brainer but Yes, Yes, and Yes

University of Michigan
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/umich/pdbsDOM1617.pdf

UPENN- Perelman
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/upenn/pdbs1617.pdf

University of Southern California- Keck School of Medicine
Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/usc/pdbs1617.pdf

University of Virginia

Therapy? YES Surgery? YES Hormones? YES

VCOM- ALL CAMPUSES

Therapy? YES Surgery? NO Hormones? YES

Virginia Commonwealth
NO to Surgery, Unsure of the other two
https://www.aetnastudenthealth.com/schools/vcu/pdbs1516.pdf

Virginia Tech
Therapy? YES Hormones? YES Surgery? NO

West Virginia University
NO to Surgery. Other two not mentioned in exclusions.

Western University of Health Sciences
Yes, Yes, and Yes




Why am I doing this?
As a transgender student, I know it is hard to find the right schools to apply to and get this information. Our health needs are important and I want to make it accessible for other transgender students to have a quick accessible resource when they are applying to medical school.

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Hey I know this is an old thread, but I looked at the link for Baylor and according to that, the plan does cover surgery? Is there some other source of information where you're getting that they don't cover surgery, or is it maybe just outdated?
 
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This is an old thread, but I saw this article about UPenn's trans health care, and thought folks might be interested in it. Looks like it might not be as easy to access trans related care as Penn touts.
 
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