{"id":68227,"date":"2016-10-01T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=68227"},"modified":"2016-09-30T16:02:12","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T20:02:12","slug":"military-budget-for-gender-reassignment-treatments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=68227","title":{"rendered":"Military budget for gender reassignment treatments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Beginning today, the military has a budget number to work with for gender reassignment treatments – $8.4 million, that’s million with an “m”. According to USA Today<\/a>;<\/p>\n

There are between 1,320 and 6,630 transgender troops in the active-duty force of 1.3 million, according the RAND Corp. which conducted a study for the Pentagon. Of those troops, RAND estimates that between 30 and 140 would like hormone treatment, and 25 to 130 would seek surgery.<\/p>\n

The Defense Department policy states if a service member\u2019s ability to serve is hindered by a \u201cmedical condition or medical treatment related to their gender identity,\u201d they will be treated. When an active duty service member receives approval from a military medical provider to undergo gender transition, the commander must approve the timing of medical treatment.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Funny how there’s alsways a discussion and a report involved when these things come out of Congress, but not this time – it goes straight to the field.<\/p>\n

Ron Crews, executive director of Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty, said this is not the best use of government money, because soldiers undergoing treatments or surgeries will be unqualified for deployment for extended periods of time.<\/p>\n

“I think this is a gross misuse of military medical dollars that should be used to make our military forces deployable or to help those who are wounded or injured while they are deployed,” Crews, a veteran, said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Supporters of the new policy says that there is a cost-saving aspect that everyone is overlooking – it will lower the suicide rate. If we’re talking strictly cost-savings, suicide is a better option for the government because they’re going to be financially responsible for a lifetime of treatments. Of course, someone will misunderstand what I just wrote and accuse me of wanting transgendered people to kill themselves – but that’s not what I said. <\/p>\n

Just altering someone’s physical characteristics, there is still the mental aspect to deal with. Whatever it is, it’s not service connected and it’s not the government’s responsibility to treat, well, unless they’re going to put it on recruiting posters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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