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The Department of Health and Human Services rules that Medicare must now cover sex reassignment surgery. This ruling came after it was decided that the exclusion was not reasonable based on updated medical evidence and expert testimony, It is important to note that it does not guarantee automatic coverage for all procedures.

74 year old Army Veteran Denee Mallon, who had been denied sex reassignment surgery two years prior, holds a banner before taking part in the Trans March to Morningside Park in Albuquerque, N.M.. AP Images