Mia Wong

I began the second story with an interview that we published with an interview with Beth, who's a trans woman in the Midwest.

And...

found it nearly impossible to find healthcare outside of their networks.

Because, like a lot of trans people, Beth has an ACA plan.

And because the secular networks are a little more expensive, some cases a lot more expensive, the ACA plans that are available to most trans people, you know, that they can remotely afford, don't cover healthcare there.

So you kind of have to, and then they don't provide your healthcare at all.

And in that case, this was someone, she'd been going...

across state borders, which she noticed kind of wild to get health care anyway, to go to Planned Parenthood, finally thought that she had found a practice closer to home, went there before the bishops' ban, like right before it hit.

They seemed very welcoming.

She knew other trans people that had gotten in care there before.

And everything seemed great.

Goes back after the ban.

And it's like, oh, I'm sorry, we can't help you.

And this wasn't a practice that was obviously Catholic.

No giant cruise fixes or anything hanging on it.

It was just one that was, oh, it's a doctor's office.

Some other trans people have gotten care there.

It beats driving at least an hour each way, if not more.

Again, when you're working glass, a two-hour round-trip commute is a lot.

Especially with gas being up more.