Georgia county said it was too costly to spend $10,000 a year on health cover for trans employees. It spent $1.2 million fighting it, lost, and has to pay anyway.

• A Georgia county refused to change a health plan to cover a trans employee's surgeries, citing the cost.
• The bill would have been about $10k a year for transition-related care for employees, per ProPublica.
• The county spent nearly $1.2 million in legal fees fighting it in court, and lost.

Local Georgia officials refused to change a department's health insurance plan to cover the gender-affirming surgery of a trans employee, citing cost as a reason.