A county spent $1.2 million in legal fees to avoid paying $10K for trans-inclusive health care

A county in Georgia spent nearly $1.2 million in a years-long legal battle to deny a local sheriff’s deputy a healthcare plan that would cover gender-affirming care, citing the cost of the plan. But by one estimate, the change to the county’s health insurance would have cost a fraction of what it paid a private law firm. According to a ProPublica report, an expert hired by Sgt. Anna Lange’s attorneys said that a healthcare plan that included transition-related care would have only cost Houston County about $10,000 per year, adding...