Brown Student health plan to cover sex reassignment

[DonnaL]

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Finally, I can’t believe the cost is really only $50,000. All-in estimates I have seen are much higher. Around here, I don’t think you can get any procedure done that requires general anesthesia and multiple hospital stays for that little. Plus, there are obvious ongoing medical costs (which may have been incurred with or without the surgery). But I guess it’s possible that $50,000 would cover that part of the procedure that medical insurance might cover,

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<p>Total cost for one trans woman I know who had GRS just three years ago: $17,000. Highest cost I’ve heard about in the USA for this surgery for trans women: about $25,000.</p>

<p>It’s more for trans men, since the surgery is more complicated.</p>