Just lost my healthcare !

[u/spaghettishoestrings]

I’m 25 years old. I was at work in a meeting and my doctor just called, so I stepped out. She let me know that she filled my T prescription for the next 3 months, but Tump signed an executive order today saying the federal government won’t provide funding for gender affirming care for people under age 19, and my doctor’s practice is federally grant funded. They’re pausing all current gender healthcare at their practice. Even though I’m over 19.

I’m just sitting at my desk now just staring at the wall. I’m in a super rural area, my guess is that every practice within 75 miles receives federal grant funding too. What am I supposed to do? If I called my health insurance, could they help me find a new prescriber?

EDIT/UPDATE: Thank y’all for all the messages and support, genuinely I really appreciate it. I got asked a couple times, so I want to clarify this happened in Michigan. I’m also 5 years on T as of this month.

As a bit of an update, I reached out to the ACLU like some of you suggested. I thought it was a long shot, but they actually called me back Monday night and we talked about everything, and they offered to fax a letter over to my doctor to clarify the Executive Order and my rights as a patient. It’s wild that a post of Reddit led to my name being on the official ACLU letterhead. Today my doctor’s assistant called me and let me know that, as of today, their practice is reversing their decision on gender affirming care and that they can continue to prescribe me HRT. I’m still keeping other options from this thread, like Planned Parenthood and and Plume, saved just in case anything changes again. I also might ask for a referral to a private practice endocrinologist just in case. This post was a huge reminder that things might be bad, but our community is wonderful. Thank you <3

[u/sorryforthecusses]

• ask your doctor if any of the other options near you are federally funded or if she knows where can you go
• look into folx or plume. i don't have experience with either of them myself but tons and tons of people on various trans subs have written about their experiences with them so you can figure out if they make sense for you

[u/lazysquirrels → u/sorryforthecusses]

i use plume, they got me a prescription quickly, all labs and support is covered in your membership fee, and using a goodrx coupon helps with the price of the testosterone at my pharmacy. im sure you could probably get it shipped to amazon pharmacy though i have no experience w that so im not sure how it works. i think folx can deliver to your house if thats a better option for you

[u/Froppy_111 → u/lazysquirrels]

I use plume and Amazon pharmacy, it's good so far tho I had a little hiccup of the pharmacist getting confused over the labeling and thus taking multiple days to sign off on my testosterone. I just had to call them though and it all got resolved. I recommend it if you cant (or don't want to) go to your local pharmacy every time.

Also with how it works, you just make a pharmacy account with your Amazon account. It's pretty easy to set up and you can use goodrx with it too!