did someone mention insurance?  The kind that might actually pay for bloodwork?  I'll throw money at people if some of my medical bills actually get PAID!

Then throw it at your doc cause I haven't seen any insurance that covers much of anything.

I don't get it. It seems to me from the OP that the claim was due to changing circumstances with the off-spring a reduction was in order. I can't see how your own personal financial decisions, even if the court wouldn't approve, are relevant.

Either the child moving entitles you to a reduction on the face of it or it doesn't?

(She says acknowledging she has no clue about these things)

Yes, Laura the claim for a reduction was honored for my daughter being emancipated and "of age". I was also granted a non-contested request to eliminate alimony based upon my ex now living with a guy at our former residence.

I was also seeking a 6 month reprieve or serious reduction in child support for my second child. This is due to my current lack of much income, since I'm starting a business from the ground up.

The judge heard the argument from the other attorney that I voluntarily sold my last business. As such, if I don't have the money today to pay the old support amount-well, tough luck. The other counsel grilled me for every penny I spent this last year including those expenses for SRS and FFS. He claimed that my SRS was not a medical necessity, nor my BA, nor my facial. He played down, even to the point of not mentioning my present financial picture.

I made a mistake for releasing this medical information and documentation. I was an honest person, and didn't want to say I couldn't find it. I also listened to my attorney, who I now see as very incompetent. She didn't even give me a heads up that she would be calling me up to testify in my own defense.

In the end, the good ole boys club won. The judge agreed with the other attorney. My only hope would be to try and go back into court, at my own expense, and bring in outside doctors and shrinks to argue the medical necessity angle. I can't afford that at this point.

So folks, in some counties in this country, GID is not considered a medical issue, but a "lifestyle choice". In this country, we still have a ways to go, I guess. If it weren't so damn cold in Canada, I think I would pack my bags. At least there, the provinces think enough of GID to pay for your surgery.

America, welcome back to the 1950's!

there's a ton of progress to be made, to be sure, but let's also thank whatever fortunes we thank that it's NOT the 1950's anymore.

I don't know about you but I have a pretty good idea how bad things would be for me in this town if it was still the 50's

Not to say we shouldn't fight for more progress but i for one am VERY thankful things are so much different than they were even in the 70's, let alone the 50's

Major cultural shifts take time.

Quote from: LordKAT on September 23, 2009, 03:36:24 AM
Then throw it at your doc cause I haven't seen any insurance that covers much of anything.

Not to derail the thread so I'll keep it short, but there are some companies that do a decent job.  I was on an aetna plan (through a bank) that paid for everything, but it was also pretty expensive.  I was on track to getting SRS possibly covered, but blah blah blah things change, backfire and go to hell. 

So now I'm stuck with some crappy HMO, and I'm intrigued by Julie Marie's idea of LGBT-friendly insurance. 

Dang that was funny!!  I still think you should have asked him if he liked his wife having breasts.  What a dult.