Posted on 08/25/2014 6:24:57 AM PDT by magellan
The nation's health law opens the door for transgender people to gain coverage for gender reassignment surgeries they previously could not afford.
Devin Payne had gone years without health insurance—having little need and not much money to pay for it.
Then Payne, who had a wife and four children, realized she could no longer live as a man.
In her early 40s, she changed her name, began wearing long skirts and grew out her sandy blond hair. And she started taking female hormones, which caused her breasts to develop and the muscle mass on her 6-foot one-inch frame to shrink.
The next step was gender reassignment surgery. For that, Payne, who is now 44, said she needed health coverage. "It is not a simple, easy, magical surgery," said Payne, a photographer who lives in Palm Springs. "Trying to do this without insurance is a big risk. Things can go wrong ... not having the money to pay for it would be awful."
Payne learned in the fall that she might qualify for subsidies through the state's new insurance marketplace, Covered California, because her income fell under the limit of $46,000 a year. She eagerly signed up in March for a Blue Shield plan for about $230 a month, and began making preparations for the surgery that would change her life.
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Yet, veterans are being murdered through neglect and denial of benefits they PAID for and earned through their heroic sacrifices.
My health clinic now has forms with male, female, transgender. Insane.
Sounds like a Payne.
The only possible "next" is compulsory euthanasia for the few remaining sane people who have a problem with all of this. (In California, the line will be short.)
Outrageous! Belongs in perverted practices! Most professionals I have met believe individuals who do this to their body are psychotic.
Government it Hellbent on breaking the back of the economy.
LOL! What will the freaks come up with next?
This is nuts! They can’t provide prompt & proper treatment for veterans,plus many things that are not covered for seniors......and yet they pay for something like this???
Wish these articles would refer to the person as he, as he is clearly. Hard to get the gist of the article in my head when they keep calling him a her.
I guess they are just trying their newspeak on us, resist people, resist.
No, “Obamacare” isn’t paying for these freaks’ surgery, other insured parties and ultimately taxpayers are.
Considering that our Dear Leader has spent the last six years trying to cut America’s balls off this comes as no surprise.
Cancer treatment over 75? Hospice care paid for!! Welcome to Germany in the 1930’s.
And everyone still saves $2,500 a year - Isn’t it wonderful?
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Will it pay to add cajones to Obama so he could become a man?
Sometimes, Granny needs to take a pill...
As soon as this law was passed I predicted it. I said that it would force the taxpayers to pay for sex-”change” operations, abortion, euthanasia and aids treatment, while refusing treatment for the elderly.
Is anybody surprised by this?
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