Medicare coverage ban on same sex surgery lifted

[Street Knowledge]

Medicare Coverage Ban on Sex-Change Surgery Lifted - TIME

 

[Kilgore Trout]

If u go from guy to girl you'll never blow your load again.

 

[Ricky Church]

 

[the cac mamba]

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,



this is fukkin infuriating

 

[sun raw]

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.

Instead of getting blindly outraged, make sure you read this part.