Gender Dysphoria, a clinically recognized condition, affects millions of Americans. Gender Reassignment Surgery is a proven medical necessity in order to preserve the mental health, and lives, of Transgender persons.
Despite recent rulings by the Internal Revenue Service Tax Court, the 9th United States District Court and the Supreme Court of New York, the Federal Government continues to describe Gender Reassignment Surgery as "unproven and experimental."
Due to institutional and societal prejudice, these persons live in dire financial straights, and thus cannot afford this life affirming surgical procedure. We therefore ask that the Federal Government recognize the medical necessity of Gender Reassignment Surgery and permit ACA, Medicare/aid and the VA to cover this life-saving surgery