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Originally Posted by frice2000
I'm of the opinion that medical insurance and any government insurance is for only life threatening and painful conditions,
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I see. So living with a condition that means you are more likely to attempt suicide is not 'life threatening' or 'painful' enough?
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Originally Posted by frice2000
Sure you can call it a birth defect all you want and I can't imagine the horror of waking in the wrong body everyday but these are people that can live normal lives but just not in the gender they desire.
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Johnny needs glasses. He has to get an eye test and some lenses.
Oh, but that would cost the taxpayers. He'll be fine, right? He can live a normal life, just not with perfect sight.
Susie has crooked teeth and an overbite. She needs braces and jaw surgery.
Hmmm, that's expensive. Oh well. She's going to have to learn to live with getting bullied.
Gordie has a clubfoot. It'll require some surgery on his tendons and special shoes.
Oh, terribly sorry, Gordie. Money's too tight for that. Maybe we can find you a crutch at the Salvation Army.
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When people are denied aids medications and other essential life saving tests and medications from their insurance companies and governments you want them to pay for sex change surgeries? Sorry, no I don't think that's remotely feasible or moral in the scheme of things for society.
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I could probably get a prescription for Viagra easier than I could get one for HRT.
Is that just? Is that moral?
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Psychological counseling for the transgendered I will for sure agree with and proper education to reduce bias yes of course but others being forced into paying for surgery? No.
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So you're willing to pay for a psychologist's time but not a surgeon's.
Tell you what, let me know when your shipment of empathy comes in. You're a quart low.