Health care for transpersons

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Introduction

Transgender healthcare is an emerging phenomenon because these lifestyles are evolving rapidly in today 's modern world . Unlike other people , transgender persons require specific health care due to their peculiar circumstance . In the United States of America , most people are covered by some form of health care plan . These plans cover only basic health care needs . Transgender persons are in need of various peculiar surgical procedures , namely : phalloplasty (the construction of a penis metoidioplasty

(enlarging the clitoris , hysterectomy (removal of the uterus , etc . Vitale (1 ) writes that there are various considerations which transgender persons need to take into account before embarking on a procedure like Sex Reassignment Surgery (SRS . Top on the list of these considerations is funding . Where will they get the finance to pay for the surgery ? Recently the struggle for coverage of transgender health by insurance companies has found its way to Facebook , where people are urged to register their protest against this denial of fundamental rights . On the page it is affirmed that corrective surgery is a necessity not just a cosmetic procedure

Many transgender people are denied coverage by insurance companies although their condition is a medical necessity . Most insurance companies refuse to cover transgender health because such surgery is considered cosmetic , therefore not a necessity . A refusal to grant insurance cover to transgender people can have disastrous effects Lombardi and Van Servellen (291-296 ) find that a lack of health insurance...