{"id":137084,"date":"2024-12-14T22:18:52","date_gmt":"2024-12-14T15:18:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137084"},"modified":"2024-12-14T22:18:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T15:18:52","slug":"defense-bill-banning-care-for-trans-minors-could-put-families-in-survival-mode","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137084","title":{"rendered":"Defense bill banning care for trans minors could put families in \u2018survival mode\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"\">The House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-poised-pass-massive-defense-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-trans-rcna183810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">passed a massive defense spending bill<\/a> Wednesday with a provision that bars the military\u2019s health care program from covering transition-related care for minors. If it passes, some families said it would be devastating and could force them out of the military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/118th-congress\/senate-bill\/4638\/text\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Defense Authorization Act<\/a>, a must-pass $895 billion bill, sets Pentagon and defense policies for the next year. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., pushed to add the new provision regarding trans care, which states that \u201caffirming hormone therapy, puberty blockers, and other medical interventions for the treatment of gender dysphoria that could result in sterilization may not be provided to a child under the age of 18\u201d under Tricare, the military\u2019s health program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The bill passed the House 281-140 Wednesday, with 200 Republicans and 81 Democrats voting yes, while 124 Democrats and 16 Republicans voted no. The Senate will vote on the bill next week, and then it will be sent to President Joe Biden \u2014 who would need to veto the entire package if he wanted to block the trans care element.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">If the NDAA is signed into law, it would mark one of the first times Congress has aggressively attempted to pass a federal statute targeting trans people.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Johnson called the bill\u2019s passage in the House \u201can important win for our troops,\u201d noting that it would provide <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/military-pay-raise-transgender-care-defense-bill-53c929ef534d906f721426f41b23a53c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pay increases to about half of enlisted service<\/a> members and improve military housing, among other investments.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cWe also believe it\u2019s important to refocus the Pentagon on military lethality, not radical woke ideology,\u201d he said <a href=\"https:\/\/www.speaker.gov\/2024\/12\/11\/speaker-johnson-statement-on-house-passage-of-the-fy25-ndaa\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">in a statement<\/a> Wednesday. \u201cThis legislation permanently bans transgender treatment for minors, prohibits critical race theory in military academies, ends the DEI bureaucracy, and combats antisemitism.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">However, some military families with trans children disagree that the provision regarding trans care will improve the military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">One active duty member of the Air Force, who has served for more than two decades and has a trans daughter who is receiving treatment for gender dysphoria through Tricare, said the bill sends a \u201cmixed message,\u201d because it could help some military families while harming others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cThe reason why the military has some of the amazing benefits that we do is so that when we are called to action or we are called to war, we can focus entirely on the mission and the task at hand, because we know that our family and our home life is secure and safe,\u201d said the service member, who requested anonymity out of fear of facing repercussions at work for speaking to the press. \u201cIf you want to ensure we remain the world\u2019s most effective fighting force, you should not take away care for our military members and their dependents.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The service member and his spouse said their teenage daughter came out to them about four years ago. About two years ago, she underwent at least six months of psychological evaluations and received other doctors\u2019 opinions before beginning hormone therapy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cOnce she was able to receive the gender-affirming care, it was like the puzzle pieces fell into place,\u201d the service member\u2019s spouse said. \u201cWe could see her, she was happy, her grades got better, she started to make so many more friends. It was beautiful. It was a veil that got removed, and then you could fully see your kid and celebrate them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The service member said that if the NDAA passes with the provision regarding trans care for minors, he would consider finding supplemental insurance or paying out of pocket for his daughter\u2019s care, but that doing so would strain his family\u2019s budget. He said the out-of-pocket costs would vary depending on whether they can get supplemental insurance. The average cost of estrogen without insurance can fall between $20 t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hmpgloballearningnetwork.com\/site\/frmc\/article\/transgender-patients-calculating-actual-cost#:~:text=The%20prices%20for%20these%20will,spironolactone%20%2410%20to%20%2420%20monthly.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">o $200 per month<\/a> depending on the dose and delivery method.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The restriction and its associated out-of-pocket costs, his spouse added, would put some military families \u201cinto survival mode instead of being ready for the mission ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The service member said that the restriction would definitely \u201caffect my decision whether we continue to serve.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cI have a strong desire and propensity to continue to serve and to continue to give back to the military, but if I lose access to care for my family, my family\u2019s got to come first,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Johnson did not return a request for comment regarding the potential effects of the provision on some military families.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s unclear how many families would be affected by the provision. But Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., the former Armed Services chairman who is now the panel\u2019s ranking member, said on the House floor Wednesday that there are about 4,000 minors currently within the military health system whose care would be taken away by the restriction.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201c[B]lanketly denying health care to people who need it \u2014 just because of a biased notion against transgender people \u2014 is wrong,\u201d Smith <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/congress\/house-poised-pass-massive-defense-bill-ban-gender-affirming-care-trans-rcna183810\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said in a statement Tuesday<\/a>. \u201cThe inclusion of this harmful provision puts the lives of children at risk and may force thousands of service members to make the choice of continuing their military service or leaving to ensure their child can get the health care they need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Cathy Marcello, the deputy director of the Modern Military Association of America, an organization that advocates for LGBTQ members of the military and veterans, said hundreds of the families the organization supports are frightened by the potential restriction. She added that Modern Military estimates that there are currently about 10,000 trans youth between 6 and 22 with parents who are in the military, based on the Defense Department\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defense.gov\/Spotlights\/Month-of-the-Military-Child\/#:~:text=Celebrating%20Military%2DConnected%20Children%2C%20Youth%20and%20Teens&amp;text=There%20are%20more%20than%201.6,result%20of%20their%20parents'%20service.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">estimate that there are 1.6 million<\/a> military children.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\u201cFamilies are deciding right now if they will be able to afford care on their own, or if they can get out, or if they should live apart,\u201d Marcello said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">She added that 95% of the group\u2019s membership reported altering their military career in some way because of state laws targeting LGBTQ people, according to a recent small internal poll of about 300 member families. She said the Tricare restriction would further affect where service members can live and how long they serve.<\/p>\n<p class=\"endmark\">\u201cMilitary families with trans kids have been serving for decades and it\u2019s never been an issue,\u201d she said. \u201cTo say to these many thousands of families that your sacrifice isn\u2019t good enough, that your multiple combat deployments aren\u2019t good enough and we don\u2019t want you is unconscionable.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><div data-type=\"_mgwidget\" data-widget-id=\"1660802\">\r\n<\/div>\r\n<script>(function(w,q){w[q]=w[q]||[];w[q].push([\"_mgc.load\"])})(window,\"_mgq\");\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/nbc-out\/out-politics-and-policy\/defense-trans-minors-care-ban-bill-military-families-rcna184156\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The House passed a massive defense spending bill Wednesday with a provision that bars the military\u2019s health care program from covering transition-related care for minors. 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