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FW Task Force: City Insurance Should Cover Sex Changes

By LITA BECK

Updated 10:00 PM CST, Tue, Nov 3, 2009

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A task force is recommending Fort Worth amend the city's insurance policy and implement diversity training for law enforcement and city officials.

The diversity task force, which was formed after a June raid on a gay bar that left one man seriously injured, presented about 20 recommendations to the city manager Tuesday.

The task force suggested the city amend its insurance policy to allow coverage for workers who want a sex change and also recommended fours hours of diversity training for police officers, firefighters and elected and appointed officials.

The City Council would have to approve any changes to the city's insurance policy.

"Certainly the training aspect of the recommendation is appropriate, and we as a council, along with our appointed officials, need to lead by example," Mayor Mike Moncrief said.

The task force's recommendations will go to the City Council next week.

First Published: Nov 3, 2009 9:49 PM CST

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Gee, thanks Ft Worth for running the budget into the ground, laying off employs and forcing others to take furlough days all while paying these fools to sit around and come up with more ways to waste our money. Time to start firing people. <br /><br />"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69023732","adminTags":null,"views":551,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"FW Task Force: City Insurance Should Cover Sex Changes","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2639887,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 06:24:59 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1179909","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"This is a non issue.<br /><br />The projected costs range from about $50k - $100k for a male to female and about $80k - $150k for a female to male.<br /><br />The natural response from the benefits and insurance people is to balk at such extreme costs.<br /><br />The counter arguments are that since the occurrence of transsexualism is about 1 in 10000 for MTF's and about 1 in 30000 for FTM's, it's not like they'll <br />be crawling out of the woodwork to get their transition paid for. Also, these surgeries and procedures are carried out over a number of years so the per <br />year costs are much lower.<br /><br />And considering that a single bypass surgery costs about $100k to start with and goes up rapidly from there, these costs aren't all that great.<br /><br />Given that, the projected cost of premium increase for a company of 5000 is about a dollar a year. And there have been one or two occasions that there <br />was no premium increase at all.<br /><br />Are you really going to get upset over a $1 a year premium increase?"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69023732","adminTags":null,"views":551,"createdBy":10871768,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"FW Task Force: City Insurance Should Cover Sex Changes","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2639887,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 13:38:50 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Whitey9","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1180937","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Probably NOT!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69023732","adminTags":null,"views":551,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"FW Task Force: City Insurance Should Cover Sex Changes","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2639887,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 15:10:39 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1181710","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Why should they get special treatment just because of a sexual choice? God made them man or woman. If they want to change that, then let THEM pay for it!! There is far too much abuse of the tax payer system already. Am I going to get upset over a $1 a year premium increase for this nonsense??? You bet!! "},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69023732","adminTags":null,"views":551,"createdBy":7918844,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"FW Task Force: City Insurance Should Cover Sex Changes","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2639887,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 15:50:51 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"anonymous_user","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1182047","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Are you kidding me? As an insurance "benefit", this should be scrapped altogether. If you want a sex change, pay for it yourself. Kind of lack tattoos. If you are a covered child, born with a anomaly, yes, cover it.<br /><br />Deciding to be what you are not? Use the psychiatric coverage!"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69023732","adminTags":null,"views":551,"createdBy":13138786,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"FW Task Force: City Insurance Should Cover Sex Changes","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2639887,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 16:00:41 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"LovinTheBoys","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1182126","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"I agree ANONYMOUS 9:10. I'm proud to be an American and have the freedom of choice... but I shouldn't have to pay for someone else's expense because they decided GOD was wrong when HE chose their sex. If you want a sex change by all means have it done... BUT AT YOUR EXPENSE! This is a WORTHLESS issue... FILE 13! 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So why would insurance cover a cosmetic procedure?"},{"anonName":null,"pathToMedia":"396489_69023732","adminTags":null,"views":551,"createdBy":13662956,"createdByPathToPhoto":"116995/icons/defaultMember_116995_portrait160X120.jpg","assocMediaId":null,"mediaName":"FW Task Force: City Insurance Should Cover Sex Changes","parentThreadId":null,"mediaId":2639887,"tags":null,"anonSiteUrl":null,"assocMediaType":null,"createdAt":"4 Nov 2009 16:54:25 GMT","anonEmail":null,"isVisible":true,"approved":true,"numComments":10,"reviewed":true,"createdByUsername":"Mattie445","pathToPreview":"","mediaType":"EXTERNALMEDIA","commentId":"1182653","subject":"","averageRating":0,"body":"Oh, my, GOSH!!! Ok, well, I need to have liposuction and breast implants along with permanent makeup and a lifetime of refresher surgeries . . . and that's a whole lot more natural than gender change. Granted - some people are born in the wrong body - but I don't think there is enough people working for the City of Ft. 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