They Want Us Dead

How else can you describe the way the Republicans keep taking away our healthcare, the latest attack came from Republican in Iowa.

Iowa Republican lawmakers ban use of Medicaid dollars on transgender surgery
Des Moines Register
By Tony Leys and Barbara Rodriguez
April 26, 2019

Republican lawmakers at the Iowa Capitol have passed legislation that would prohibit using public insurance dollars, including Medicaid, to pay for transgender surgery.

The Republican-controlled House voted for the proposal Saturday afternoon, one day after the GOP-majority Senate advanced it. No Democrat voted for the plan, which now requires approval from Republican Gov. Kim Reynolds to become law. The restrictions would go into effect immediately if enacted.

The provision was added to a health budget bill as the legislative session drew to a close. It would prohibit any state or local government unit or tax-supported district from providing sex reassignment surgery. It applies to any other cosmetic reconstructive or plastic surgery procedure related to "transsexualism, hermaphroditism, gender identity disorder, or body dysmorphic disorder."
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The Department of Human Services had classified gender-transition related surgeries as “cosmetic, reconstructive or plastic surgery.” The Iowa Supreme Court unanimously determined the ban violated the Iowa Civil Rights Act's gender-identity protections.

So DHS says it is cosmetic surgery in the face of every professional medical association, in the face of overwhelming medical research.

Sen. Mark Costello, R-Imogene, defended the provision during floor debate Friday, saying he was trying to change the administrative code back to the way it was for years before the lawsuit. He said he didn't feel such procedures are "always medically necessary.”

Maybe Sen. Costello would like to go “back to the way it was for years before” in the times of “Father Knows Best” when we arrested for being ourselves.

If you voted Republican you are aiding and abetting their attacks on us.