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How would you consider support for public funding of transgender health care within currently existing public programs?
As an extremist far-left position out of touch with reality. 32%  32%  [ 11 ]
As a leftist position, unacceptable to centrists. 9%  9%  [ 3 ]
As a mainstream idea. 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
As a conservative idea, designed to uphold the patriarchy. 3%  3%  [ 1 ]
As purely a medical question; the input of the lay public is irrelevant. 56%  56%  [ 19 ]
Total votes : 34

saren42
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11 Apr 2014, 2:25 pm

Uh, actually, yes it does cover Viagra, because it has been approved by the FDA, and if someone can get his doctor to put it down at medically necessary, Medicaid has to pay for it. Do some more research in to it, although your state may specifically disallow it, on the federal side, there is no restrictions, and lots of states do pay for it.



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11 Apr 2014, 4:53 pm

The_Walrus wrote:
Those who think it is not necessary surgery - do you know how the suicide rate for pre-op trans people compares with the death rates for various treatments that we consider necessary?


Also, if you look at the CA DOI report that I posted, suicide rates drop after appropriate treatment for gender dysphoria. They quote numerous studies (pp. 9-12).


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