Gender Transition and Identity Services within Your Health Plan
by Jason Coon Most plans include exclusion lists addressing Gender Transition or Gender Identity services to some extent. Many of those exclusions remain very broad and open ended. Many do not include an exclusion for cross-sex hormones within medical or pharmacy...
How Your Health Plan Can Fall Victim to Standardization
by Jason Coon Today, Catholic employers are looking for ways to reduce the cost of their health plans and improve Catholic Identity within their health plan experience, but is standardization preventing them from achieving both? Four years ago, we began reviewing...
The Five Dangers of an Immoral Catholic Health Plan
by Jason Coon Protecting Catholic employers has become increasingly difficult in today’s political climate. Employers are faced with unique cultural and legal challenges, many of which come in the form of government mandates on health care benefits. But these same...
Improving Catholic Identity
As CBA Members evaluate their health plan options, added attention to the Catholic Identity and CBA protections within their plan language is critical. Facing a growing need for a Catholic option, one Diocese saw how details matter in creating an authentic, Catholic...