Posted on 08/25/2014 9:46:42 AM PDT by lbryce
Transgender Americans seeking gender reassignment surgeries are finding relief through Obamacare, The Daily Beast reported on Monday.
Federal laws banning health insurance discrimination against transgender people, combined with Obamacare's ban on denying coverage for those with pre-existing conditions, have paved a path for transgender patients who wish to make the transition from one gender to another. "The federal anti-discrimination regulations have yet to be written, but California insurance regulators have said that companies must treat transgender patients the same as other patients," reports The Daily Beast. "For example, if plans cover hormones for post-menopausal women, they must also cover them for transgender women. Medicare, the program for the elderly and disabled, lifted its ban on covering sex reassignment surgery earlier this year."
What gets covered varies from Obamacare policy to policy. But Transgender Law Center program administrator Anand Kalra says, "The law and policy are on a transgender person's side for the first time."
Nationally, Obamacare is more unpopular than ever. The latest Kaiser Health poll finds that an all-time low of just 37% of Americans now support President Barack Obama's signature legislative achievement
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Excellent. Now Michelle can finally become a man.
So mutilation is part of this sham too? Not surprised
Expect longer wait lists for appendectomies, now that addadictomies are covered under Obamacare.
Quick, call PV1 Bradley Manning at (913) 682-8700.
Excellent. Now Michelle can finally become a man.
I was thinking she could become a woman. She’s certainly not a lady.
They won’t cover some cancer treatments, newborn treatments but will cover sex change and abortion. they already stopped removal of molds unless they are cancerous but will totally revamp private parts.
Bump
Can they turn my mother-in-law into a 1958 split bumper corvette — I would really like her if they could do that.
LGBT is a mental health disorder that a lobotomy would fix.
Well we were told that we have to pass it to find out what’s in it. Pelosi actually told the truth for once.
It is 'Sowing to the wind and reaping the whirlwind'.
I don’t care what they cut off or add on, the deviants will continue to be deviants...not normal IS not normal. Deal with it. Unless they have all their DNA changed, they are what they are.
“Not only have we crossed the Rubicon “
River Styx comin’ up, dead ahead!
And Obama feeds the mental illness.
Now that Maddow guy can get an addadicktome?
I was going to say that Obama might finally become a man — but he and Mooch are among the exempt.
Will Obama get a sex change after he leaves office and marry Reggie?
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