Annual cost for transexual health care? About .39 per person
JPMorgan Chase has done some interesting work on the actual cost for transexual healthcare we just stumbled on here at the cafe. It’s a good read over your monring coffee. They presented the eye opening facts at the 2006 Out and Equal Workplace Advocates Seminar.
If at first blush your response is, “I didn’t know this wasn’t covered” or “Why the heck should it be covered” consider this:
- Most health plans do not cover transexual health care
- Employers considering including such benefits are concerned the cost is either unknown or simply too high to be able to afford
- No good data exists on the actual costs to be able to make an informed decision
The slide deck, in pdf, is an interesting read well worth your time. It covers data that was collected on what the costs are, what some major companies actually paid out for health benefits for the transgender community, assessment on prevelance rates and more.
So go see our barista, grab a mug (this one is on the house) and have a read of the deck, “The Cost of Transgender Health Benefits” by JP Morgan, by going to the Out and Equal link HERE. As of 10/30/2010, The presentation was actually removed by Out and Equal, so we dug it up at transexualia.org in Spain and we are now hosting this study here at Beck’s Cafe. You can download the pdf slidepack of the study by clicking to: The Cost of Transgender Health Benefits
Becki: I was really fascinated with the wealth of information in this document. There was so much more there than simply health care data. For anyone looking for information to use to help people understand the world they live in, this is a must read. Thanks for flagging it and providing the link. Sharon
Hi Sharon
I’m glad you found it useful. There is alot of information in here beyond just the health piece your right and it’s a very intersting read.
I sort of stumbled on it when I heard that Anthem Blue Cross/Blue Shield of New Hampshire, said this covering THB (trans health benefits) would actually raise insurance rates. I thought, “what data are they basing that on?”. So I started poking around.
I’m very glad you found it interesting
~*Becki*~