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Some of America’s biggest firms offer their employees medical insurance to cover gender reassignment. Companies including Coca Cola, American Express and Yahoo! would prefer to pay out rather than lose valuable employees. More firms are expected to offer the benefit this year because the Human Rights Campaign’s annual Corporate Equality Index is to require companies seeking a 100 per cent rating to offer staff medical insurance which includes at least $75,000 worth of transgender surgery and other treatments. Stephanie Battaglino, an assistant vice president at New York Life, began transition five years ago, making her the first employee at her firm to do so. …

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And in this special case I suggest to read the comments as well. You will notice how unknown the reality about gender dysphoria still is! The effort of education to be done is simply huge. On the other hand many people assume that health care systems are the same everywhere. By now way! Get educated about that as well. By no way will these insurances pay for other things than basic vital treatment, and they are. They will not pay for pure cosmetics. Has everyone ever had to pay for antibiotics in the US? Well, at 22,7 US$ ( per pill !!! ) rethink about what you are saying! Healthcare is a business in many countries. I recently went there for a surgery: Get your surgery. As soon as you are mobile again, back to your hotel. Or you have someone to take care of you or you pay for your nurse, and the price per day is frequently more than what most of the critics pay as an annual fee for their health care system. And, naturally, you will have to pay for the hotel, the travel, …

Critics, have you ever thought about the cost of bringing someone up to the level of professional efficiency requested for a job? It’s a huge amount, AND, during this time you will probably have to pay twice as much for replacement manpower. So, even if it is pure economics, it helps both, firms and persons concerned. So, please, shut-up and think !