> I paid little attention to what site that was on, just looked for the content.
Sometimes people lie on the internet.
And quite often, when they lie, they do so by omission or by inaccurately summarizing facts.
In any case, the two points in this thread are in agreement. Top surgery is "typically only available to those 18 or older," as 'john-radio wrote. In atypical cases, it is available to those under 18, and it requires a doctor to a) decide that it's necessary and b) consciously go against WPATH recommendations when doing so. The legal opinion here is that an insurer may not come up with a rule that says that doctors may never decide that it's the right thing to do for a particular patient, because that's a decision a doctor is allowed to make.
| The WPATH standards of care also state, however, that male chest reconstruction surgery for female-to-male
patients “could be carried out earlier” than the age of majority in certain cases, and ultimately should be considered on a case-by-case basis “depending on an adolescent’s specific clinical situation and goals for gender identity expression.”
What do you think that specific clinical situation was in those situations?
alisonkisk|4 years ago
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamapediatrics/article-abst...
btilly|4 years ago
But it links to http://www.insurance.ca.gov/0250-insurers/0300-insurers/0200... which is the actual decision posted on an official California government website. It confirms what I said.
geofft|4 years ago
Sometimes people lie on the internet.
And quite often, when they lie, they do so by omission or by inaccurately summarizing facts.
In any case, the two points in this thread are in agreement. Top surgery is "typically only available to those 18 or older," as 'john-radio wrote. In atypical cases, it is available to those under 18, and it requires a doctor to a) decide that it's necessary and b) consciously go against WPATH recommendations when doing so. The legal opinion here is that an insurer may not come up with a rule that says that doctors may never decide that it's the right thing to do for a particular patient, because that's a decision a doctor is allowed to make.
heterodoxxed|4 years ago
What do you think that specific clinical situation was in those situations?