07-27-2017, 10:27 AM
(07-27-2017, 09:20 AM)BmorePat87 Wrote: According to RAND's study on the inclusion of trans service members, their medical costs will range from $2-8.4 million.
Conservative estimates for the cost for a Trump Mar-a-Lago trip? $2m per, putting us at an average of $54m a year that we will spend on trips to Mar-a-Lago.
Is there a breakdown of what they believe the medical costs would include? Is it your typical primary care, preventative care, pre and post deployment care, etc? Or is this gender reassignment surgery, hormone therapy, etc that would be specific to transgender service members?
The medical costs to me are a non-issue because the military doesn't pay for any type of medical care a person wants. Like breast augmentation.
I don't know what the courts decided with the Manning case, but I believe the military could handle reassignment surgery the same as they do breast augmentation or nose jobs-if you want it you pay for it yourself.
