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Australia: Medicare is now sex and gender neutral

Started by Natasha, July 27, 2013, 01:50:22 AM

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Natasha

July 27, 2013, 01:50:22 AM
Australia:  Medicare is now sex and gender neutral

http://oii.org.au/23049/medicare-sex-gender-neutral/
7/24/13
By Morgan

We welcome the Health Minister's announcement today that Medicare will be gender and sex neutral. For intersex people, the fact that our bodies do not conform to sex norms means that the healthcare issues we face sometimes do not conform to the way medical services and procedures have been defined, and made available, by Medicare.


For example, a woman with Complete Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome (CAIS) will have XY sex chromosomes and testes, but her body will develop from conception mostly along typically female lines. A man with 46,XX CAH may have a uterus and ovaries. A 46,XY or 47,XXY man may have breasts.
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xander

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July 27, 2013, 02:35:41 AM
This change is not reflected in PBS so you will still have to pay full price for hormones unless you have your sex marker changed.
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