NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio wants govt. (i.e. taxpayers) to fork over for gender reassignment surgery

John Gage
The Washington Examiner
Tue, 02 Jul 2019 17:19 UTC

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New York Mayor Bill de Blasio said he supports the federal government paying for gender reassignment surgery under his Medicare for All plan.

"Absolutely," de Blasio said Saturday in response to CBS News asking him if he supports Medicare for All paying for gender reassignment operations. "We have to respect everyone's medical needs, and if someone needs a surgery to be whole and to live their life fully. The idea is a healthcare system that actually serves everyone to the fullest, not a healthcare system that rations and causes people to struggle to get just a little healthcare."

De Blasio is the first Democratic presidential candidate to say his Medicare for All plan would cover gender reassignment surgery.

While Medicare has provided the surgery since 2014, de Blasio has said he supports abolishing private insurance which is not required to provide the operation.

The New York Democrat's comments come the first Democratic presidential debate where he said he gave his city free healthcare, a claim panned as an exaggeration.

De Blasio is polling at 0.4% in the Democratic presidential primary according to RealClearPolitics.

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