rachel the case for insurance companies to pay for sexual reassignment surgery

Hi

I had a conversation with a woman today concerning insurance companies paying for sexual reassignment surgery. Her prospective is that if insurance companies included it in their coverage it would collective raise the rates of everyone paying for medical insurance. My immediate response was do you understand the medical cost to everyone? I was livid at first then I had time to think.

I thought ok if you discount the depression, anxiety , lack of quality of life and suicides and we narrow the conversation to money ? So let’s crunch the numbers. I will take the lead and I will be the case of paying for surgery and how it would benefit society.

Two years ago I was a recipient on welfare, food stamps, subsidized housing and since I did not have medical insurance I used the emergency room as my primary care. How much do you think this cost the tax payers of the united states?

The price of one month of subsidized housing was 820.00, food stamps was 200.00/ per month and the cost of emergency room visits cost the hospital thousands of dollars due to my weight which was 320lbs. The weight was brought on by depression in the form of overeating and was funded by food stamps provided by the state of Pennsylvania, The taxes I paid to the government was zero in fact I was entitled to a refund because of my lack of income. Then there was the monies from energy assistance for my electric bills .

So the monies paid for my housing was 9840.00 per , food stamps for food 2400.00, energy assistance was a conservative 300.00, and this does not include the visits for my medical to the emergency room nor the food banks that could have used the food to feed other families. This would bring the cost to the tax payers
$12, 540.00 plus the lost taxes paid to the government in one year alone. In two years the tax payers effectively could have paid for my surgery and added ten of thousands of dollars of collected taxes over the nearly 20 years I spend on welfare. The price of my surgery in the states is 25k for top surgeon and the ongoing cost of welfare and subsidiaries for 20 years is 250, 800. so I ask you what is cheaper for society the surgery or the symptoms of depression over a 20 yr period?

Today I live in my own apartment which is not subsidized. . I do not receive any monies from the government and pay taxes like everyone else. However emotionally I cannot wait years for surgery or I will be back to where I was years ago. I am in the fight of my life .

The stubbornness and the defiance of this woman is driving me to prove that a woman like me can win where others have failed but what keeps me barely above water is my hope of surgery. I also have the support of the leaders in society and when I am about to self destruct they hold me up and get me back on track. I realize at so many levels that the women around me is such a rare set of circumstance that I have the obligation to speak about this taboo topic that could help save so many lives and save society money in the short and long term . This is a no brainer as us Americans say.

The fact is the tax payers and society would save money by making sexual reassignment surgery a constitutional right like brazil. However I know it will take more than me to make this happen. I have the will to lead . but realize, like I have said so many other times, I will do my part And if everyone does their part it will in time become a reality.

First the misconceptions of entire subculture must be overcome by having open conversations in public and at the supper table. Once this starts to occur only then is there a chance that the general public would see the benefit of making this surgery part of any national health care plan. I believe this can be done one heart at a time. To quote a manager I cannot move this rock alone but all of us can move it up the mountain little by little.

As ziglar would say you either sell me on it or I sell you on it. I will flat out sell you on this.

Thank you

Rachel

Ps imagine this woman 3 years ago was hiding in an apartment which she called the cave and she only came out if she had to for specific reasons?  I think I have proved to society that I am an asset to society and there is a purpose for everyone.  There are more Rachel’s out there and hundreds more hiding like I did for decades. Please help me by opening up your heart to have an open discussion today.