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No warranty, and what that actually means
This site is provided as is. The law in this area has changed repeatedly since 2024 and parts of it are in active litigation, so some of what is here will go out of date between the day it was written and the day you read it. Every page carries a last-updated date and every legal claim carries the date it was last checked, precisely so you can judge that for yourself.
Some pages state plainly that their legal basis has not been verified against the underlying source. Those pages say so at the top. Take that at face value.
Links to other organizations
Links to advocacy groups, regulators, and legal resources are offered because their material is useful. They are not endorsements, this site has no relationship with them, and it has no control over what they publish or how they handle your data.
Translation
Machine translation is convenient and imperfect. A mistranslated deadline or a mistranslated exclusion could cost you a real appeal. Where accuracy matters, read the English original or get a human translator. See the privacy policy for what translation sends to Google.
Changes
These terms may change. The current version is always the one on this page, with its last-updated date at the foot.
What this site is not
Not a law firm and not your lawyer. Nothing here creates an attorney-client relationship.
Not a clinic and not medical advice. Nothing here is a substitute for your clinicians.
Not a referral service. Links point to organizations that publish useful material; they are not recommendations of a provider for you.
Not a crisis line.
Get a human for these
And a crisis line. Trans Lifeline is peer support run by trans people, at (877) 565-8860 in the US and (877) 330-6366 in Canada. They have a stated policy against nonconsensual active rescue — they will not call police or emergency services without your agreement, which is the fact that decides whether many trans people will call at all. You do not have to be in crisis to use it.
A blanket exclusion, a Medicaid fair hearing, and a Medicare appeal all reward representation. Advocacy organizations and legal aid take these cases.
Verify before you rely on it
The law in this area has moved repeatedly and is still moving. Every deadline should be checked against the date printed on your own denial letter, and every coverage claim against your own plan documents.
Where a legal claim on this site has not yet been checked against a primary source, the page says so.
Common questions
- Can I rely on the deadlines listed here?
- Two different answers. YOUR PLAN'S deadline may be LONGER than the federal minimum, and this site cannot tell you what your plan allows — for that, use the date on your own letter. But where a federal floor applies it is a FLOOR, not a typical figure: at least 180 days from receipt for a group health plan — and that floor is an ERISA and marketplace rule, not a Medicaid or Medicare one, where the windows are shorter under 29 CFR 2560.503-1(h)(3)(i), and a plan may give more but not less. So if your letter prints a SHORTER deadline than the floor, that is not the answer — it is a problem to raise.