...reassignment surgery is practically a shoe-in to cover. High payoff for those involved, treats a condition that affects a small percentage of the population but affects them severely, incredibly low risk of moral hazard, generally little need for follow-up procedures.
The New York Timesreported over the weekend that sexual reassignment surgery is now publicly funded in Brazil. A court ruled that such surgeries must be part of a constitutionally guaranteed right to medical care.
Often people wait and save money for years until they can afford these painful and expensive surgeries, but as we saw in Transamerica, the relief felt outweighs the cost. America has a hard enough time convincing the public that health care is deserved, could you imagine the battle for publicly funded reassignment surgery?
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