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Quote:The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that the state could no longer ban Medicaid recipients from receiving taxpayer-funded sex change operations, ruling that transition surgeries are medically necessary.

Transgender women Eerieanna Good and Carol Beal had sued the Iowa Department of Human Services for discrimination over its administrative code classifying transition-related surgeries as “cosmetic, reconstructive or plastic surgery.” The code explicitly bans “surgeries for the purpose of sex reassignment.”


The plaintiffs insist “gender-affirming” surgeries are “medically necessary” for them in order to treat their gender dysphoria, and a district court ruled in their favor. DHS appealed, with Assistant Attorney General Matthew Gillespie arguing that the case was not about the discrimination of transgender Iowans, but whether the state had appropriately denied coverage for surgeries intended to treat psychological conditions, the Washington Examiner reported.

The Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision, with Justice Susan Christensen writing that the state’s “bar on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgical procedures discriminates against transgender Medicaid recipients in Iowa” under Iowa civil rights laws. The justice pointed to the fact that the state amended the Iowa Civil Rights Act in 2007 to add “gender identity” to the list of protected groups.

Justice Christensen also noted in the decision that Medicaid already covers the costs of some cosmetic or reconstructive procedures, such as “‘[r]evision of disfiguring and extensive scars resulting from neoplastic surgery’ and ‘[c]orrection of a congenital anomaly.’ Yet, it prohibits coverage for this same procedure if a transgender individual.”

According to the Des Moines Register, transgender surgeries can range in cost from $20,000 to $100,000, “putting it out of reach of individuals who qualify for the assistance.” Now, those out-of-reach costs must be covered by taxpayers.

Sick!

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We are frucked.

(03-15-2019 12:03 AM)q5sys Wrote:  https://conservativemedia.us/politics/lo...-surgeries

Quote:The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously ruled Friday that the state could no longer ban Medicaid recipients from receiving taxpayer-funded sex change operations, ruling that transition surgeries are medically necessary.

Transgender women Eerieanna Good and Carol Beal had sued the Iowa Department of Human Services for discrimination over its administrative code classifying transition-related surgeries as “cosmetic, reconstructive or plastic surgery.” The code explicitly bans “surgeries for the purpose of sex reassignment.”


The plaintiffs insist “gender-affirming” surgeries are “medically necessary” for them in order to treat their gender dysphoria, and a district court ruled in their favor. DHS appealed, with Assistant Attorney General Matthew Gillespie arguing that the case was not about the discrimination of transgender Iowans, but whether the state had appropriately denied coverage for surgeries intended to treat psychological conditions, the Washington Examiner reported.

The Supreme Court upheld the lower court’s decision, with Justice Susan Christensen writing that the state’s “bar on Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgical procedures discriminates against transgender Medicaid recipients in Iowa” under Iowa civil rights laws. The justice pointed to the fact that the state amended the Iowa Civil Rights Act in 2007 to add “gender identity” to the list of protected groups.

Justice Christensen also noted in the decision that Medicaid already covers the costs of some cosmetic or reconstructive procedures, such as “‘[r]evision of disfiguring and extensive scars resulting from neoplastic surgery’ and ‘[c]orrection of a congenital anomaly.’ Yet, it prohibits coverage for this same procedure if a transgender individual.”

According to the Des Moines Register, transgender surgeries can range in cost from $20,000 to $100,000, “putting it out of reach of individuals who qualify for the assistance.” Now, those out-of-reach costs must be covered by taxpayers.

Drugs and counseling may be necessary to treat their gender dysphoria, but changing sex keeps them at high risk of suicide and depression.

Hopefully Supremes overturn this nonsense.


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(03-15-2019 01:16 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  Hopefully Supremes overturn this nonsense.


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Probably just a state issue.

(03-15-2019 01:16 PM)Jjoey52 Wrote:  Hopefully Supremes overturn this nonsense.


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Probably just a state issue.

If it passes muster it's gonna cost more than the $5 billion Trump was asking for. And what for? So that men and women can't accept that they're not the opposite sex. To me I don't care if they want to be some other sex but to make me pay for it through my taxes is ludicrous.

(03-15-2019 08:23 PM)olliebaba Wrote:  If it passes muster it's gonna cost more than the $5 billion Trump was asking for. And what for? So that men and women can't accept that they're not the opposite sex. To me I don't care if they want to be some other sex but to make me pay for it through my taxes is ludicrous.

Agree. I think I'm Peter North. The Government owes me a 12" ****.

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