Healthcare.com surveyed surveyed 520 lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and other sexual and gender minorities to assess their health insurance coverage, personal finances and experiences with a range of insurance carriers, including government and private programs, according to the report.
Five things to know:
1. Lesbian (8 percent) and gay (4 percent) Americans are less likely to report discrimination than the 12 percent of LGBTQ Americans who report discrimination as a whole.
2. By generation, 22 percent of millennials (born 1981-1996) and 20 percent Gen Z (born 1997-2012) LGBTQ individuals said they have experienced discrimination from their health insurance providers. Three percent of baby boomers (1946-1964) and 11 percent of Gen X (1965-1980) said they’ve experienced discrimination.
3. Thirty percent of those surveyed said health insurance coverage is improving for LGBTQ Americans.
4. Forty-four percent said health insurance coverage is neither improving nor worsening.
5. Sixty-percent said they are unsure if their health insurance covers gender-affirming medication, gender-affirming procedures, PrEP or fertility treatments.
