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Title: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 16, 2014, 02:42:57 PM
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 16, 2014, 02:42:57 PM
Hi there friends
My private healthcare company in Spain seems a bit baffled by what to do with MTF transsexuals. They don't know what may need to be covered or specifically excluded during and post transition, and they've asked for my "help" to specify the level of care.
Can anyone help with a few answers to these questions:
1. what gynaecological coverage would I expect to need post transition: mammogram, pap smear etc.?
2. what male coverage would I still need. E.g. prostate tests?
3. Basically, what must I ensure is definitely covered ?
Thanks so much!
Abrazos desde Madrid! :-*
Julia
My private healthcare company in Spain seems a bit baffled by what to do with MTF transsexuals. They don't know what may need to be covered or specifically excluded during and post transition, and they've asked for my "help" to specify the level of care.
Can anyone help with a few answers to these questions:
1. what gynaecological coverage would I expect to need post transition: mammogram, pap smear etc.?
2. what male coverage would I still need. E.g. prostate tests?
3. Basically, what must I ensure is definitely covered ?
Thanks so much!
Abrazos desde Madrid! :-*
Julia
Title: Re: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: mrs izzy on June 16, 2014, 04:22:13 PM
Post by: mrs izzy on June 16, 2014, 04:22:13 PM
Quote from: Julia-Madrid on June 16, 2014, 02:42:57 PM
Hi there friends
My private healthcare company in Spain seems a bit baffled by what to do with MTF transsexuals. They don't know what may need to be covered or specifically excluded during and post transition, and they've asked for my "help" to specify the level of care.
Can anyone help with a few answers to these questions:
1. what gynaecological coverage would I expect to need post transition: mammogram, pap smear etc.?
2. what male coverage would I still need. E.g. prostate tests?
3. Basically, what must I ensure is definitely covered ?
Thanks so much!
Abrazos desde Madrid! :-*
Julia
I will say yes to all the above.
Just not as frequently as CIS, other then the pap if you have multi partners.
Isabell
Title: Re: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: LordKAT on June 17, 2014, 12:28:37 AM
Post by: LordKAT on June 17, 2014, 12:28:37 AM
No cervix = no pap smear.
Title: Re: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 17, 2014, 01:53:45 AM
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 17, 2014, 01:53:45 AM
Quote from: LordKAT on June 17, 2014, 12:28:37 AMAhem, good point LordKat....
No cervix = no pap smear.
Title: Re: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: Cindy on June 17, 2014, 03:19:36 AM
Post by: Cindy on June 17, 2014, 03:19:36 AM
Julia,
Do you mean for the actual procedure?
If so I have the insurance list of procedures they need to cover for the op.
Do you mean for the actual procedure?
If so I have the insurance list of procedures they need to cover for the op.
Title: Re: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 17, 2014, 08:59:37 AM
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 17, 2014, 08:59:37 AM
Quote from: Cindy on June 17, 2014, 03:19:36 AMHi Cindy
Julia,
Do you mean for the actual procedure?
If so I have the insurance list of procedures they need to cover for the op.
Well, it would be good to know the actual list of procedures for the op as well - thank you! But my question was more to do with the type of post-op healthcare coverage I should be pushing to get.
Hugs and thanks!
Julia
Title: Re: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: mrs izzy on June 17, 2014, 09:22:12 AM
Post by: mrs izzy on June 17, 2014, 09:22:12 AM
For reference.
Screening
Age-appropriate screening for breast and prostate cancer is appropriate for male-to-female transgender patients. Opinion varies regarding the need for Pap testing in this population. In patients who have a neocervix created from the glans penis, routine cytologic examination of the neocervix may be indicated. The glans are more prone to cancerous changes than the skin of the penile shaft, and intraepithelial neoplasia of the glans is more likely to progress to invasive carcinoma than is intraepithelial neoplasia of other penile skin
Isabell
Screening
Age-appropriate screening for breast and prostate cancer is appropriate for male-to-female transgender patients. Opinion varies regarding the need for Pap testing in this population. In patients who have a neocervix created from the glans penis, routine cytologic examination of the neocervix may be indicated. The glans are more prone to cancerous changes than the skin of the penile shaft, and intraepithelial neoplasia of the glans is more likely to progress to invasive carcinoma than is intraepithelial neoplasia of other penile skin
Isabell
Title: Re: Private Health Insurer - your help with coverage issues would be appreciated
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 17, 2014, 11:32:49 AM
Post by: Julia-Madrid on June 17, 2014, 11:32:49 AM
That's great - thank you Isabell...!!
Julia
Julia