A few weeks ago I went to the eye doctor, or as Barney Fife would say, the “arculist”. He told me I was so far-sighted that I wasn’t a candidate for Lasik.
Being nearly blind in one eye, what I really need are lens implants, which could cost upwards of $7,000. No worries, though, because I pay a thousand dollars every month in extortion money to the insurance company, so I’m sure that lens implants would be covered. After all, restoring one’s sight is a medical necessity.
I was wrong. Turns out that I’ll have to live with limited sight. But so will millions of other people like me who were born with bad eyes. You are who you are, and sometimes there’s just nothing you can do to change it. Rules are rules, and fair is fair. Imagine, then, my surprise when I learned that, starting next week, every state employee is eligible for a sex change operation, and it will be fully covered by their health plan, which you and I pay for. It seems that the government has determined that sex change surgery is a medical necessity. But how is that possible? and how did it come about?
The Affordable Care Act, AKA “Obamacare”, now prohibits sex discrimination in health insurance cases involving gender identity. Specifically, federal law has determined that denying coverage for a sex change is “impermissible discrimination.” And so, earlier this month, acting in accordance with the new law, the board of trustees for the State Health Plan voted to remove gender changes from previously excluded procedures. Translation? Having sex change surgery is medically necessary.
When I read this I couldn’t believe my eyes, mainly because I’m nearly blind in one eye and need lens implants, which aren’t covered on MY health plan. It is not medically necessary for me to see, but if I were a state employee, I could have a sex change operation because that WOULD be medically necessary.
Our incoming State Treasurer, Dale Folwell, vows to fight this insane change in medical coverage, and if Obamacare is repealed, he might succeed sooner than later. In the meantime, however, if a male teacher thinks he’s a woman, or if a female magistrate thinks she’s a man, then you and I will pay for their sex change surgery. By the way, our incoming Governor Roy Cooper is fine with the sex change law. He’s also OK with letting a 15-year-old boy who thinks he’s a girl, shower with biological girls at the school gym. I’m sorry, but I just don’t see it that way. Of course I don’t see anything any way.
Maybe I’ll go get a job with the state, request a sex change operation, and have the doctor sneak in some lens implants while I’m on the table. That way I’ll wake up with 20/20 vision, so I’ll be able to see the women I’m showering with much better. And none of it will cost me a dime. I know it’s a radical thing for me to do just to correct my eyesight, but I strongly identify with people who have great vision, and I should have the right to have what they have. As a bonus, the state will also cover all of my maternity costs. And, I won’t have to keep seeing my “arculist”. Thank you Mr. President! Speaking of whom, I recall that candidate Obama’s campaign slogan was “Hope and Change”. Now, thanks to his healthcare plan, North Carolina state employees can do just that. They can hope to change.
I Just Can’t SEE Transgenders
A few weeks ago I went to the eye doctor, or as Barney Fife would say, the “arculist”. He told me I was so far-sighted that I wasn’t a candidate for Lasik.
Being nearly blind in one eye, what I really need are lens implants, which could cost upwards of $7,000. No worries, though, because I pay a thousand dollars every month in extortion money to the insurance company, so I’m sure that lens implants would be covered. After all, restoring one’s sight is a medical necessity.
I was wrong. Turns out that I’ll have to live with limited sight. But so will millions of other people like me who were born with bad eyes. You are who you are, and sometimes there’s just nothing you can do to change it. Rules are rules, and fair is fair. Imagine, then, my surprise when I learned that, starting next week, every state employee is eligible for a sex change operation, and it will be fully covered by their health plan, which you and I pay for. It seems that the government has determined that sex change surgery is a medical necessity. But how is that possible? and how did it come about?
The Affordable Care Act, AKA “Obamacare”, now prohibits sex discrimination in health insurance cases involving gender identity. Specifically, federal law has determined that denying coverage for a sex change is “impermissible discrimination.” And so, earlier this month, acting in accordance with the new law, the board of trustees for the State Health Plan voted to remove gender changes from previously excluded procedures. Translation? Having sex change surgery is medically necessary.
When I read this I couldn’t believe my eyes, mainly because I’m nearly blind in one eye and need lens implants, which aren’t covered on MY health plan. It is not medically necessary for me to see, but if I were a state employee, I could have a sex change operation because that WOULD be medically necessary.
Our incoming State Treasurer, Dale Folwell, vows to fight this insane change in medical coverage, and if Obamacare is repealed, he might succeed sooner than later. In the meantime, however, if a male teacher thinks he’s a woman, or if a female magistrate thinks she’s a man, then you and I will pay for their sex change surgery. By the way, our incoming Governor Roy Cooper is fine with the sex change law. He’s also OK with letting a 15-year-old boy who thinks he’s a girl, shower with biological girls at the school gym. I’m sorry, but I just don’t see it that way. Of course I don’t see anything any way.
Maybe I’ll go get a job with the state, request a sex change operation, and have the doctor sneak in some lens implants while I’m on the table. That way I’ll wake up with 20/20 vision, so I’ll be able to see the women I’m showering with much better. And none of it will cost me a dime. I know it’s a radical thing for me to do just to correct my eyesight, but I strongly identify with people who have great vision, and I should have the right to have what they have. As a bonus, the state will also cover all of my maternity costs. And, I won’t have to keep seeing my “arculist”. Thank you Mr. President! Speaking of whom, I recall that candidate Obama’s campaign slogan was “Hope and Change”. Now, thanks to his healthcare plan, North Carolina state employees can do just that. They can hope to change.