Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Cracked Crystal Ball II, Canada

Tuesday, April 07, 2009

Transsexuals In Alberta To Bear The Brunt of Liepert's Mendacity

Apparently, in Alberta, being a transsexual also means that it's your
fault that the "Health Superboard" is in the hole to the tune of a
little over $1 billion dollars for fiscal 2008.

Calgary Herald
:

Today's budget also eliminates "gender reassignment" surgery,
meaning it will no longer pay for Albertans to have sex change
operations, saving the system about $700,000 a year.

The government hasn't simply reduced the number of procedures that
they pay for, or the proportion that they will pay. No, in this case,
they have axed it outright. This puts a lot of people into really
awkward straights. Not all transsexuals have the kind of professional
income that would allow them to pay that cost out of their own pocket
- in fact relatively few do.

Similarly, I have to wonder at the long term costs of yanking funding
for chiropractic care. Who is going to be most affected by this?
Seniors, who are not only on fixed incomes, but for whom chiropractic
care is often a vital relief from chronic back problems.

Then we find Liepert bragging about this:

The province's superboard received a modest increase in funding of
about $550 million, bringing its budget to $7.7 billion.

"We are maintaining our spending from last year and are also able
to give Alberta Health Services an increase," said Health Minister Ron
Liepert, in a statement.

Think about this, while cutting $700,000 (less than 1% of the Health
"Superboard" budget), the Alberta government brags about adding
funding. Typical Conservative policy - when times get tough, attack
the people who can do the least about it.

Posted by MgS at 4/07/2009 05:02:00 PM

Labels: Alberta, Health Care, Liepert, Mental Health, Transsexuals

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