Following Settlement: TriMet Will Provide Transgender Workers Medically Necessary Care
PORTLAND, OR – Today Meyer Employment Law announced a settlement on behalf of Alicia Ryder, a transgender woman whose employer-provided health insurance excluded coverage for medically necessary facial feminization surgery. TriMet, Ms. Ryder’s employer for over 34 years, and its insurer, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, agreed to reverse the denials of the requested medically necessary surgery and […]