What do think? Badly done with twitter or not?
Regarding the form, it seems clear to me that announcing this over Twitter was completely inappropriate. However, content-wise, I have 2 questions for you guys.
I heard transgender-related medical expenses amounted to approximately $8 million. I researched the origin of that number and found this:
A) The RAND study estimated some 1,320 to 5,530 transgender service members on active duty with an addition 1,500 on reserve. The study claims that not all transgender individuals opt for a medical transition, finding that between 30 and 140 service members would seek hormone therapy and 25 to 130 personnel would pursue surgical treatment.
Pentagon officials in June told the Associated Press that approximately 250 members of the military applied to change their gender in the military’s personnel system, though that does not mean they would all pursue surgery.
RAND used private health insurance data to find the costs of transition treatments and concluded that the Military Health System would only see an increase in $2.4 million and $8.4 million per year.
Source = NBC News1st QUESTION : Do you think the Military Health System is the right organisation to pay for such expenses, whether it is expensive or not?
2nd QUESTION: Do you think there should be other organisms to pay for these operations? I mean should these expenses be paid by the transgender individual or should they be funded by the collectivity?
Thank you for your input! Have a good one
PS: This was my first post! I'm very happy to join the community!
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