With the news that President Donald Trump has banned transgender people from working for the US military, we look into what medical health care for transgender employees actually costs.
In a series of tweets, Mr Trump wrote,
“After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military.
“Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail.”
Political editor for THEGAYUK, Skylar Baker-Jordan notes,
Thousands of trans people are already serving – many of them openly – in the US armed forces, and the Department of Defense has found no evidence that they undermine unit cohesion. Additionally, a 2016 study commissioned by the Department of Defense to study this very issue found that an “exceedingly small portion of active-component health care expenditures” was spent on trans people, with trans healthcare representing only a .0005 to .017 per cent total increase on defence spending.
So in total medical spend is transgender health care tremendously expensive. In a word… No.
Does the UK pay for and allow trans to join their military
Surgeries for Trans people in the UK are mostly covered by the NHS (National Health Service) and yes Trans people can serve.
And look at how badly your country is defended by these terrorists attacks but hey fuck the cou try people’s feelings matter
Compared to the £84 million it pays on Viagra.
The US Army bill for transgender transitioning equals around 0.13% of it’s annual health care bill.
Roughly the cost of the Presidents Taxpayer funded trips to Mar-A-Lago.