Should Transexuals Be Covered For Breast Enlargement?

There has been a lot of controversy surrounding the question on whether transexuals should be allowed to be covered under insurance for having surgeries to change their gender identity or to enlarge their breasts if they are a biological male that wants to become a woman.

There are people on both sides of this issue, and it’s interesting because we just had this same discussion at my job a little while ago about whether companies should allow transexuals, who really do want to be the opposite sex and truly believe that they were meant to be the opposite sex, they were just born with the wrong body parts, to be covered for these types of altering surgeries.

Especially since it barely affects their bottom line because of it’s rarity . The argument is really that you shouldn’t treat a psychological disorder any differently than a physical one, and that since these men and women really are truly psychologically inflicted because they can’t express themselves as the sexual being that they are, it causes psychological distress and almost a sort of identity crisis, resulting in loss of life enjoyment that everyone deserves.

There have actually been a small hand full of court cases where transexuals have sued insurance companies who deny coverage for such surgeries or hormone therapy.  One man recently sued because he could not get male to female breast enlargement surgery. I don’t know the outcome of that litigation, but it sure may set a precedent, whether favorable or unfavorable, for those that pursue this sort of legal action in the future.