A Texas directive regarding healthcare access for transgender youth has sparked an ideological battle over gender identity and the new role that Obamacare could play in making procedures and medications more accessible.
“When supported by families and recommended by doctors, politicians should not intervene in these intensely personal medical decisions. Lawmakers should be expanding mental health services for trans youth, not adding to the existing isolation and stigma that fuels suicide risk among this marginalized group of young people,” said Sam Ames, the director of advocacy and government affairs for The Trevor Project.
“Behind ‘gender-affirming care’ is the hope of aligning the recipient’s body with his or her gender identity. Such ‘care,’ however, is at best cosmetic. It cannot achieve the impossible: to change someone’s sex with chemicals or scalpels,” Richards wrote. While the Obamacare coverage rule has not been finalized yet, it is currently under review by the White House Office of Management and Budget, which will push it through the finish line.But the coverage change would solidify and strengthen an already-existing requirement with which Obamacare plans must comply.
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