Cover Sex-Reassignment Surgery: Activists
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"It's the economic downturn that's happened in the country and impacts our province. Now we have to watch how we'll make our expenditures," she explained.
[Frances Ennis] added, she only opted for the "bare minimum" in terms of the available surgery. "You have to be fairly fortunate to be able to afford it," she said.MANITOBA will cover the costs for some sex-reassignment surgeries when the procedure has been recommended by a recognized gender-identity clinic, usually the Centre for Addictions and Mental Health (CAMH) in Toronto. The province will provide a travel subsidy and pay for the CAMH assessment. With a CAMH recommendation, Manitoba Health will cover the following, locally performed, procedures:See the full content of this document
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Cover Sex-Reassignment Surgery: Activists
What's paid for under Manitoba rules
Manitoba's transgendered community has been petitioning the provincial government to cover the full cost of surgery for those who want to live as a member of ...See the full content of this document
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