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Five Dems Crossed Party Lines To Strip Health Care From Trans Servicemembers And Their Families (www.erininthemorning.com)
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f you’re transgender, you can die for our country—but you cannot receive life-saving health care, access it for your transgender family members, or expect your family to be treated equally in schools run by the armed forces, should a new provision in the House NDAA become law.

This appears to be the politic of Democratic Representatives Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez, of Texas; Donald G. Davis, of North Carolina; Shomari Figures and Terri A. Sewell, of Alabama. These lawmakers voted in favor of two proposals by South Carolina’s Nancy Mace, to amend the pending National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). If passed in the Senate, Amendment 255 would gut gender-affirming care for uniformed service members, retirees, and their family members around the world. Amendment 256 would in turn ban transgender girls from women’s sports in K-12 schools run by the military.

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[–] -4 points 3 months ago (1 child)

Yeah, I’m struggling to understand, aware that some headlines are sensationalized lately.

I will agree, yes, that gender affirming care improves quality of life for trans people. It’s not the only optional procedure you can get that makes life better for people, trans or otherwise.

Part of what I’ve used to retort to conservatives on trans care is that even if it’s allowed and diagnosed, it’s often still something people have to pay for like every other procedure - it’s not a sink for their tax dollars, and they’re in everyone’s boat. This appears to be an exception.

Maybe part of the issue is that healthcare in general has built up a perverse network of exclusions, and this one is just part of it. I’m all for universal healthcare, but it’s also hard to argue when a claim gets exaggerated for the sake of emotional appeal.

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago

    yeah that is my feeling. in no way saying its a good thing with the legislation but seems sensationalized to me. Im pretty much have the same view as you I think. If a man can get something so should a woman and if a woman can get something so should a man. Conversely if its considered cosmetic then that is what it is. I mean thats a whole nother issue with people get weight loss surgery but they won't pay to pair back the folds of skin and such.

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