05-06-2014, 05:21 PM
(05-06-2014, 04:04 PM)Karren Wrote: Actually Medicare is just insurance.... you still need to buy additional coverage to fill in all the gaps Medicare has... and you have to be 65 so how many are going to wait till then to transition just to get insurance to pay a portion of it? the law says you have to have health care insurance to anyway.... and if you want to change teams then start saving your quarters....
Of course, everything you say is true, Karren, but I suspect that now that Medicare is going to cover the cost of SRS for some people, private insurance will eventually follow. The problem I see is that Medicare will only reimburse a portion of the real cost of the surgery. The rest will have to be made up by increasing the cost to others one way or another.
Some transsexual health providers may decide not to accept Medicare for that reason. Is it fair for the younger transsexuals to subsidize the cost of surgery for seniors? The cost is already out of reach for so many.
Clara
