: Kudos for Kodak :
I just saw this article today. The sad thing is, I actually applied for a job at Kodak earlier this year and didn't get it (one of the handful of outright rejections I received). Maybe they found out I am trans and didn't want to cover my treatment...
Still, no hard feelings, and this is good news when a major company makes this kind of change and shows some compassion on TG issues. In the long run, the positive impact is to create a world where people can feel truly free to express their gender in whatever way feels most comfortable to them without losing the basic rights they had while pretending to be what everyone expects them to be.
Kodak updates health benefits for transgender employees intransition
Written by Susan Jordan
Friday, 25 August 2006
Kodak Worldwide Benefits has updated health plan coverage to include procedures, services, and supplies for sex transformation (gender reassignment) .
The updated plan coverage applies to expenses for sex transformation procedures, services and supplies (including therapy, sex hormones and transsexual surgery) that are provided on or after July 1, 2006, to any person participating in a self-insured option under Kodak's US medical plans.
This is great news for the employees who need this coverage! Lambda Network at Kodak is pleased that our educational activities have shed light on the need for these benefits to be offered. This change is further evidence of Eastman Kodak Company's support for all elements of diversity. It serves to reinforce Kodak's commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.
The following additional information was provided by Kodak Benefits: The company recently announced that the following self-insured options: PPO, PPO Max, Rochester EPOs and National Out-of-Area will cover sex transformation procedures, services and supplies provided on or after July 1, 2006 including therapy, sex hormones and transsexual surgery. Maintenance hormone therapy will also be covered under the Kodak Prescription Drug Plan (KRx), provided it is part of a medically supervised treatment.
Still, no hard feelings, and this is good news when a major company makes this kind of change and shows some compassion on TG issues. In the long run, the positive impact is to create a world where people can feel truly free to express their gender in whatever way feels most comfortable to them without losing the basic rights they had while pretending to be what everyone expects them to be.
Kodak updates health benefits for transgender employees intransition
Written by Susan Jordan
Friday, 25 August 2006
Kodak Worldwide Benefits has updated health plan coverage to include procedures, services, and supplies for sex transformation (gender reassignment) .
The updated plan coverage applies to expenses for sex transformation procedures, services and supplies (including therapy, sex hormones and transsexual surgery) that are provided on or after July 1, 2006, to any person participating in a self-insured option under Kodak's US medical plans.
This is great news for the employees who need this coverage! Lambda Network at Kodak is pleased that our educational activities have shed light on the need for these benefits to be offered. This change is further evidence of Eastman Kodak Company's support for all elements of diversity. It serves to reinforce Kodak's commitment to Equal Opportunity Employment, which prohibits discrimination based on gender identity.
The following additional information was provided by Kodak Benefits: The company recently announced that the following self-insured options: PPO, PPO Max, Rochester EPOs and National Out-of-Area will cover sex transformation procedures, services and supplies provided on or after July 1, 2006 including therapy, sex hormones and transsexual surgery. Maintenance hormone therapy will also be covered under the Kodak Prescription Drug Plan (KRx), provided it is part of a medically supervised treatment.
