BREAKING: Taxpayers get to pay for sex-change surgeries

[DigitalDrifter]

I swear to god I am so fucking steamed right now, I can barely type !!!

So nature made you a man or a woman, and you don't like it so you expect taxpayers to foot the bill to fight what you are. ?!!!!

You want to mutlilate yourself, then fine, have at it. But you should be paying for it yourself. !!!

Goddamn this pisses me off !!! Have I told you lately how much I hate liberals ?!!


Medicare coverage ban lifted on transgender sex-change surgery

Published May 30, 2014

Associated Press

Transgender people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied coverage for sex reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex.*

Ruling in favor of a 74-year-old Army veteran whose request to have Medicare pay for her genital reconstruction was denied two years ago, the agency's Departmental Appeals Board ruled that a three-decade-old HHS rule excluding such surgeries from the procedures covered by the national health program for the elderly and disabled was unjustified.*

"Sometimes I am asked aren't I too old to have surgery. My answer is how old is too old?" the veteran, Denee Mallon, of Albuquerque, New Mexico, said in an email interview before the board issued its decision. *"When people ask if I am too old, it feels like they are implying that it's a `waste of money' to operate at my age. But I could have an active life ahead of me for another 20 years. And I want to spend those years in congruence and not distress."*

Jennifer Levi, a lawyer who directs the Transgender Rights Project of Gay & Lesbian Advocates and Defenders in Boston, said the ruling does not mean Medicare recipients are necessarily entitled to have sex reassignment surgery paid for by the government.*

Instead, the lifting of the coverage ban means they now will be able to seek authorization by submitting documentation from a doctor and mental health professionals stating that surgery is medically indicated in their individual case, Levi said.*

"They should either get coverage or, at a minimum, receive an individualized review of the medical need for the specific procedure they seek, just like anyone seeking coverage for any other medical treatment," Levi's organization said in a statement after the ruling was issued.*

Transgender health advocates said that because private insurance companies and state-run Medicaid programs that provide health insurance for low-income individuals often take their cue from the federal government on which treatments to approve or exclude, the decision could eventually pave the way for sex-reassignment surgeries to be a routinely covered benefit.*

No statistics exist on how many people might be affected by the decision. Gary Gates, a demographer with The Williams Institute, a think tank on LGBT issues based at the University of California, Los Angeles, has estimated that people who self-identify as transgender make up 0.3 percent of the U.S. adult population. *Over 49 million Americans are enrolled in Medicare.

Medicare coverage ban lifted on transgender sex-change surgery | Fox News

 

[Misty]

It isn't right for tax payers to foot the bill for this kind of elective surgery.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It isn't right for tax payers to foot the bill for this kind of elective surgery.

I agree 100%, you want to do this, fine, just pay for it yourself and there's no problem.

If I'm depressed that nature only made 6 ft tall, when I know deep down I was supposed to be 6 ft 5, should I expect someone else should pay to have me altered ?

This is what nature made you, deal with it, or foot the bill yourself !

 

[Bush92]

The left wing in Washington D.C. want to destroy every vestige of traditional culture in the United States. That's Marxism for ya, "From each according to his ability, to each according to their need." Guess Bob needs a pussy so we have to pay for it.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

It's just stunning to me that a small mentally ill group of people, can manage to convince enough lawmakers that the government owes them this kind of benefits.
It's just an absolute crime.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

I feel like I was supposed to be born smaller feet, the government owes me foot reduction surgery.

 

[OnePercenter]

Medicare pays for fat old Republicans to get a boner, so why not!

 

[OnePercenter]

I feel like I was supposed to be born smaller feet, the government owes me foot reduction surgery.

So you can fall on your face.....MORE!

 

[Howey]

I swear to god I am so fucking steamed right now, I can barely type !!!
Medicare coverage ban lifted on transgender sex-change surgery | Fox News

Wow. That's great news!

THE MARCH TO EQUALITY CONTINUES!

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[HelenaHandbag]

Who knew that Howie wanted to be made into a fake woman?

 

[Sunni Man]

Medicare pays for fat old Republicans to get a boner, so why not!

The annual cost of the "blue pill" regardless of political affiliation is only around a couple of hundred dollars.

Whereas, gender reassignment surgery is estimated to be $25,000 for a man and $50,000 for a woman.

Plus, there is the yearly cost of several thousand dollars per year for hormone treatments and injections which will continue for the life of the transgender person.

And the U.S. taxpayer gets the privilege of paying for all of it. ...

 

[HelenaHandbag]

Medicare pays for fat old Republicans to get a boner, so why not!

The annual cost of the "blue pill" regardless of political affiliation is only around a couple of hundred dollars.

Whereas, gender reassignment surgery is estimated to be $25,000 for a man and $50,000 for a woman.

Plus, there is the yearly cost of several thousand dollars per year for hormone treatments and injections which will continue for the life of the transgender person.

And the U.S. taxpayer gets the privilege of paying for all of it. ...

But this is also Medicare.

Tranny operations on geriatrics does not sound to me like they will have too many takers.

 

[Sunni Man]

I swear to god I am so fucking steamed right now, I can barely type !!!
Medicare coverage ban lifted on transgender sex-change surgery | Fox News

Wow. That's great news!

THE MARCH TO EQUALITY CONTINUES!

Howey, will you please explain how forcing the U.S. taxpayer to foot the bill for an individuals gender reassignment surgery is "Equality"?? ...

 

[novasteve]

What kind of fucking mutant do you have to be to think that it is "equality" to force people to pay for medically uncessary drugs and plastic surgery?

Fucking deviants.

 

[OnePercenter]

Medicare pays for fat old Republicans to get a boner, so why not!

The annual cost of the "blue pill" regardless of political affiliation is only around a couple of hundred dollars.

Whereas, gender reassignment surgery is estimated to be $25,000 for a man and $50,000 for a woman.

Plus, there is the yearly cost of several thousand dollars per year for hormone treatments and injections which will continue for the life of the transgender person.

And the U.S. taxpayer gets the privilege of paying for all of it. ...

So boner pills are less expensive so it's OK?

 

[OnePercenter]

What kind of fucking mutant do you have to be to think that it is "equality" to force people to pay for medically uncessary drugs and plastic surgery?

Fucking deviants.

Boner pills are medically necessary?

 

[HelenaHandbag]

What kind of fucking mutant do you have to be to think that it is "equality" to force people to pay for medically uncessary drugs and plastic surgery?

Fucking deviants.

Boner pills are medically necessary?

What does one have to do with the other?

 

[OnePercenter]

What kind of fucking mutant do you have to be to think that it is "equality" to force people to pay for medically uncessary drugs and plastic surgery?

Fucking deviants.

Boner pills are medically necessary?

What does one have to do with the other?

They're both paid by Medicare.

 

[Sunni Man]

So boner pills are less expensive so it's OK?

The ED pills like Viagra alleviates a medical problem with a normal body function.

It's the same as taking medication for an abnormal functioning thyroid or high blood pressure.


But gender reassignment surgery is a totally elective surgery and not a medical necessity.

And the U.S. taxpayer shouldn't be forced to pay for it. ..

.

 

[novasteve]

Impotence is a medical problem