The 2016 @CMSGov refusal to include SRS in standard coverage for Medicare patients was a huge deal when they issued the decision (after exhaustive investigation and despite trans activist lobbying). Medicare will only approve or deny SRS case-by-case. /2
https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-proposed-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=282 …
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Among reasons cited to deny blanket SRS coverage: Loss to followup, selection bias, small cohorts, low replication. US has government healthcare for older adults. What would a government investigation find for transition if US had all-ages universal healthcare as in the UK? /3pic.twitter.com/sxCzsNt4KU
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includes exhaustive examination of research & clinical literature used to support the Medicare decision. @MedicaidGov has not conducted such a comprehensive reivew for child transition (and Medicaid DOES cover peds transition in some states). /4 https://www.cms.gov/medicare-coverage-database/details/nca-proposed-decision-memo.aspx?NCAId=282 …Show this thread
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Did not know! This is insane. If only our U.S. government knew what it knows, there could be more and less risky treatment options for gender dsyphoria.
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