Insurers may not be saving themselves a lot of money when theydeny claims for transgender surgery and other care related togender identity.
A survey of 355 transgender-identified people conducted byTrueChild, a transgender rights advocacy group, found that thereare many costs associated with denying people the care they haverequested.
For starters, those who are denied gender-related surgery oftenseek out alternative medical services to cope with thedisappointment and depression from the rejection. Thirty-fivepercent of respondents reported seeking psychotherapy as a resultof having a gender-related care request denied.
Many of those who don't seek out psychiatric professionals copein more destructive ways. The survey found that 37 percent reportedturning to drugs and/or alcohol after a rejection and 36 percentreported other physical symptoms as a result of depression. Ashocking 15 percent of respondents reported attemptingsuicide.
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