BREAKING: Christie Signs Health Insurance Bill

Wow. Today is a great day for equality! We just learned that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has signed a second piece of important legislation — this one mandating that health insurance companies must cover transition-related care in most plans sold in the Garden State!

It is important for our members to know that this applies to much of the private marketplace” to Medicaid to the State Health Benefits Plan to the School Employees Health Benefits Program and to the University Correctional Health Care plan which covers inmates with the Department of Corrections.

Unfortunately” this will not affect the self-funded marketplace. So there is still work to be done.

That said” this is a tremendous victory and we need to say thank you yet again. So thank you to Governor Christie to our legislative allies to our community partners to our members ” and to all of the New Jerseyans who fought hard for this win. What a way to close out the week!

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