Burn That Belly
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Burn That Belly said:So it sounds like all of you are saying that "transgender-ness" is not a disease and therefore, does not qualify or constitute as a pre-existing medical condition. Therefore, it is considered a luxury.
momopi said:Gender reassignment surgery improves the quality if life, but is usually not a life saving medical procedure.
peppy said:Can't the same point be made about ED medication as well? Acne medication?momopi said:Gender reassignment surgery improves the quality if life, but is usually not a life saving medical procedure.
What if the improvement in quality of life reduces the incidences of suicide and substance abuse? Would it be a valid treatment then?
peppy said:momopi said:Gender reassignment surgery improves the quality if life, but is usually not a life saving medical procedure.
Can't the same point be made about ED medication as well? Acne medication?
What if the improvement in quality of life reduces the incidences of suicide and substance abuse? Would it be a valid treatment then?
morekaos said:peppy said:momopi said:Gender reassignment surgery improves the quality if life, but is usually not a life saving medical procedure.
Can't the same point be made about ED medication as well? Acne medication?
What if the improvement in quality of life reduces the incidences of suicide and substance abuse? Would it be a valid treatment then?
...but it doesn't
The long-term study?up to 30 years?followed 324 people who had sex-reassignment surgery. The study revealed that beginning about 10 years after having the surgery, the transgendered began to experience increasing mental difficulties. Most shockingly, their suicide mortality rose almost 20-fold above the comparable nontransgender population. This disturbing result has as yet no explanation but probably reflects the growing sense of isolation reported by the aging transgendered after surgery. The high suicide rate certainly challenges the surgery prescription.
http://barbwire.com/2014/06/22/surgical-sex-transgender-surgery-isnt-solution/
morekaos said:A short term 2014-2015 study vs a long term study dating back to the 60's? I'll take my Johns Hopkins doctors vs yours.
peppy said:morekaos said:A short term 2014-2015 study vs a long term study dating back to the 60's? I'll take my Johns Hopkins doctors vs yours.
Well, the views by your John Hopkins are rejected by the general medical community such as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). The RAND study was commissioned by the DoD and used to set guidelines for our service members.
I'll take a reputable source such as RAND over a discredited John Hopkins Dr. any day.
morekaos said:peppy said:morekaos said:A short term 2014-2015 study vs a long term study dating back to the 60's? I'll take my Johns Hopkins doctors vs yours.
Well, the views by your John Hopkins are rejected by the general medical community such as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health (WPATH). The RAND study was commissioned by the DoD and used to set guidelines for our service members.
I'll take a reputable source such as RAND over a discredited John Hopkins Dr. any day.
That's the funniest part...your RAND study is based on a study by....Johns Hopkins Doctors..Tah Dahhhh!
A new analysis led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health suggests that while most U.S. health insurance plans deny benefits to transgender men and women for medical care necessary to transition to the opposite sex, paying for sex reassignment surgery and hormones is actually cost-effective.
?Providing health care benefits to transgender people makes economic sense,? says study leader William V. Padula, PhD, MS, MSc, an assistant professor of health policy and management at the Bloomberg School.
http://www.jhsph.edu/news/news-releases/2015/study-paying-for-transgender-health-care-cost-effective.html
spootieho said:I'm okay with trannys joining post-op as long as they can meet the expected standards without special accommodations.
I'm okay with tranny's ending their tour, getting the reassignment and then coming back.