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[noose] transgenders not allowed in military
Johnimiester:
Gender Dysphoria is a mental illness which the best treatment for is transition.
Presumably someone having transitioned fully to the gender of their choice who is being accepted by their peers is far less likely to suffer whatever people having not transitioned do suffer.
It should also be said that transgender people form what is essentially 0.6% of the adult population in the United States today. Of that small percentage of people who desire to join the US military, transition for those who haven't transitioned according to a study linked in the linked article would probably amount to a fraction of the probably millions if not more that the government spends now on military healthcare in general.
--- Quote ---Considering the prevalence of transgender servicemembers among the active duty military and the typical health-care costs for gender-transition-related medical treatment, the Rand study estimated that these treatments would cost the military between $2.4 million and $8.4 million annually.
The study didn't include estimates of these costs for reservists, because of their “highly limited military health care eligibility.” It also didn't include estimates for retirees or military family members, because many of those individuals may also have “limited eligibility” for care via military treatment facilities.
“The implication is that even in the most extreme scenario that we were able to identify … we expect only a 0.13-percent ($8.4 million out of $6.2 billion) increase in health care spending,” Rand's authors concluded.
By contrast, total military spending on erectile dysfunction medicines amounts to $84 million annually, according to an brown townysis by the Military Times — 10 times the cost of annual transition-related medical care for active duty transgender servicemembers.
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EDIT:
2015's military budget as compared to every other facet of government spending as well as the specific amount of spending dedicated to the military is displayed in the picture below.
As compared to the military budget in 2015 (It's doubtful that military budget has decreased or even increased by that much), $8.4 million is .001% approximately of $598.5 billion. It would be extremely insignificant to even pay ten times that (the amount paid for ED pills as indicated), which itself would translate into .01% percent of 2015's military budget.
Snaked_Snake:
--- Quote from: Tactical Nuke on July 26, 2017, 01:32:04 PM ---you didn't name any conditions
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HIV isn't a condition then?
song bird:
this is good. Annoying Orange's the man
|Orange|:
I think anyone who wants to serve should serve, I honestly see no problem.
Doughboy:
https://twitter.com/realdonaldAnnoying Orange/status/742771576039460864?lang=en
lol