The thing that irks me about this is that they are cutting all funding for Gender Reassignment Surgery. This is a procedure that the medical profession considers medically necessary and only costs the province $700,000 for all procedures for an entire year.
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“Ignorance is fuelling the decision,” said Kris Wells, a researcher at the Institute for Sexual Minority Studies and Services based at the University of Alberta in Edmonton.
“This is a case of sacrificing people’s lives. … These medical transitions end up saving people’s lives. This is a community that has higher rates of suicide, depression, drug and alcohol abuse because there is so little understanding.
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If this is a money decision, then they are barking up the wrong tree because $700,000 is a drop in the bucket considering the $19 billion budget for Health Care and costs each Albertan only 19 cents a year. In fact, there is a
19 cent letter writing campaign that has been started.