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Ontario transgender woman loses fight to have province pay for facial feminization surgery (nationalpost.com)

submitted 3 months ago by Beaver@lemmy.ca to c/transgender@lemmy.ml

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[–] Beaver@lemmy.ca 29 points 3 months ago (2 children)

FFS is healthcare.

[–] southsamurai@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 months ago

I agree.

I also see why it isn't the default. It should be, but there are other procedures where that's the case, depending on where you are in the world.

Post mastectomy reconstruction surgeries aren't always covered by everything. Should be, but aren't.

I say anything that treats the patient should be covered, period, including any and all reconstructive procedures like FFS. It's just a matter of getting people to realize it's medical care, not elective cosmetic surgery.

Doesn't seem to matter whether it's a form of socialized health care, or capitalist, allocation of funds/resources is rarely decided by people that actually understand what's going on, it's decided by accountants, lawyers, and legislators.

It sucks. There are goodly amount of surgeries and other care that get labeled as cosmetic or elective that are fundamentally part of treating the patient. It's absurd.

[–] jsomae@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (10 children)

I don't mean any ill but I'd just like to understand better; I apologise sincerely if this is offensive and I beg your patience with me. Supposing a transgender person already "passes," is there a meaningful difference between FFS and cosmetic surgery? There are cis people with very severe body image issues including with, say, how their nose or brow looks -- even suicidally so.

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