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Veterans Affairs officials for the first time will offer surgeries for transgender veterans seeking to alter their physical attributes.<\/p>\n
\u201c[This is ] allowing transgender vets to go through the full gender confirmation process with VA by their side,\u201d Secretary Denis McDonough said in prepared remarks for an event at the Orlando VA Healthcare System in Florida. \u201cWe\u2019re making these changes not only because they are the right thing to do, but because they can save lives.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Brittany Bernstein<\/strong><\/p>\n Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is taking steps toward making gender transition surgery available to veterans through Veterans Affairs health-care coverage, according to a new report.<\/p>\n A VA department spokesperson reportedly told CNN that McDonough plans to announce the move at a Pride event at the Orlando Vet Center in Florida on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are taking the first necessary steps to expand VA\u2019s care to include gender confirmation surgery \u2014 thus allowing transgender vets to go through the full gender confirmation process with VA by their side,\u201d McDonough is expected to say.<\/p>\n Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough is taking steps toward making gender transition surgery available to veterans through Veterans Affairs health-care coverage, according to a new report.<\/p>\n A VA department spokesperson reportedly told CNN that McDonough plans to announce the move at a Pride event at the Orlando Vet Center in Florida on Saturday.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are taking the first necessary steps to expand VA\u2019s care to include gender confirmation surgery \u2014 thus allowing transgender vets to go through the full gender confirmation process with VA by their side,\u201d McDonough is expected to say.<\/p>\n The VA Health Benefits package currently covers mental-health services and sex-change hormones, but does not cover gender-transition surgery.<\/p>\n McDonough\u2019s prepared remarks note that \u201cthere are several steps to take, which will take time.\u201d Policy changes will need to be made and the process of creating a new federal regulation can take years.<\/p>\n A VA spokesperson told CNN the department plans to start the federal rulemaking process to make the change this summer.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n I am not a health care professional, but enabling a person’s psychosis doesn’t save lives, nor make a more lethal military. <\/p>\n National Review<\/a><\/p>\n Thanks, David.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"