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All gender discrimination will be completely removed from Medicare.
Minister for Health Tania Plibersek and the Minister for Human Services, Jan McLucas made the announcement yesterday, saying those who need a medical treatment under Medicare will be able to get it without discussing or disclosing their gender as male, female, transgender or otherwise.
鈥淎t the moment, there are some Medicare services described as being for a man or a woman,鈥� Ms Plibersek said. 鈥淭his has caused discrimination against gender diverse Australians who have had to have unnecessary discussions about their gender identity in order to get access to a Medicare service, or to claim a rebate for one at a Medicare office. 鈥淔or example, someone who has a uterus may actually identify their gender as male. Under current arrangements, some Medicare covered medical procedures involving the uterus are described as 鈥榝emale鈥� or for 鈥榳omen鈥�.鈥�
The Government鈥檚 changes will remove the gender references.
鈥淭hese changes will also make a big difference to intersex Australians, who may not wish to identify as any gender,鈥� Ms Plibersek said. 鈥淲e are able to remove references to gender in Medicare by doing things like describing a medical procedure in more detail, or using anatomical language instead. 鈥淭hese changes bring Medicare into line with the Government鈥檚 new聽Guidelines on the Recognition of Sex and Gender.
The changes were made after consultation with the National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Health Alliance and the Organisation Intersex International Australia.
To fully implement the Government鈥檚 reforms, changes will also need to be made to the claims and processing side of Medicare.
鈥淭he Department of Human Services and the Department of Health and Ageing have been working together to ensure all our systems and procedures are updated to reflect the changes,鈥� Senator McLucas said. 鈥淭his will mean people will no longer have to discuss their gender when making a claim through Medicare, including at a Medicare office.鈥�
Some gender discriminatory language has recently been removed from Medicare. The remaining changes are going through the final stages of consultation with the intersex and gender diverse communities, and medical experts