Re: U.K NHS poor treatment of Gender Dysphoria

[Naturally Blonde]

And they want to institute a NHS in the US.... I do not think this benefits anyone.

Maybe a compromise.  Keep insurance the way it is ( maybe reform it a little better ).

Add a NHS system for the uninsured ( or the insured where the particular medical procedure(s) are not covered ) and pay doctors that are done with their residency for a 5 year term and forgive their Student loans.

Daisy

I agree and I live in the U.K. The NHS has been quite damaging towards the TG community. The 'Gatekeeper' syndrome of the NHS tends to drive people away from the NHS. Private treatment here is very expensive but far more beneficial.

Here is someone else's critical viewpoint of the NHS:
http://foxstales.blogspot.com/2007/12/god-bless-our-national-health-service.html

[daisybelle]

I agree and I live in the U.K. The NHS has been quite damaging towards the TG community. The 'Gatekeeper' syndrome of the NHS tends to drive people away from the NHS. Private treatment here is very expensive but far more beneficial.

Here is someone else's critical viewpoint of the NHS:
http://foxstales.blogspot.com/2007/12/god-bless-our-national-health-service.html

Naturally Blonde   and  smart too.   I like it...

Daisy

[tekla]

And they want to institute a NHS in the US.

This is not true.  I don't know if the intent was to deliberately mislead, or comes from accidentally believing Faux News or Glenn Beck (and we all hope he can get some coverage to treat his mental illness), nothing even remotely comparable to this has been proposed by anyone in Congress or the White House. What is being - or should be - proposed is a health plan buy-in that would offer people an option to private insurance, not a national health care system that would be controlled 100% from top to bottom by the Federal Government like the NHS is.  As it is, most people are under some form of 'managed care' at any rate, so it just depends on who you want - or trust - to manage it, and what the motivation for the management decisions is, a healthy population or a bottom line.

[Lucy]

Naturally Blonde   and  smart too.   I like it...

Daisy

This is just so true, the blog item to, the NHS dont care about trans people, they dont want to help and they dont see anything wrong with it.

Does any one deserve this treatment.... NO

[Naturally Blonde]

This is just so true, the blog item to, the NHS dont care about trans people, they dont want to help and they dont see anything wrong with it.

Does any one deserve this treatment.... NO

Thank you Lucy and Daisy. I want people to see what actually goes on the U.K and the nature of the NHS towards TG people. I'm also grateful for the threads others have started and the websites that highlight this awful injustice which has gone on for far too long..