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REP. MATT ROSENDALE OPPOSES VA’S PLANS TO COVER GENDER REASSIGNMENT SURGERY

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June 23, 2021 11:44am
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Rep. Matt Rosendale argued the Department of Veterans Affairs needs to focus its
resources on service-related injuries. CQ-Roll Call/ Getty Images


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Rep. Matt Rosendale is looking to take action against the Department of Veterans
Affairs’ proposed rule change that would permit the agency to compensate gender
reassignment surgery for transgender vets, arguing the agency needs to focus its
resources on service-related injuries — and calling on fellow members to stand
with him at this flashpoint in the “culture war.”

The Montana Republican, who is a member of the House Committee on Veterans
Affairs and the conservative House Freedom Caucus, said he is looking to garner
pushback on a grassroots level during the rule-making process to prevent the
policy change from being implemented, but is also exploring legislative options
to restrict the VA from moving forward with its plans. 

“My understanding is it’s going to take up a full-blown rule-making process in
order to get this implemented, so my hope is that we can generate enough outcry
from the general public that does not feel that this is a worthy use of taxpayer
dollars that possibly we can keep this from taking place,” he told The Post in
an interview. 

Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough announcing the change to cover
gender reassignment surgery over the weekend.Bonnie Cash/UPI

“I will be speaking with the media around the state of Montana and making sure
that they hear, and we will certainly be discussing this with my colleagues in
Congress, and honestly the biggest hurdle we have is just fighting the culture
war, and my colleagues having the intestinal fortitude to stand up and say no,
this is not acceptable. We know this is wrong, we know that the Veterans
Administration is not expending proper funds to treat our veterans right now for
the benefits that they were promised. And so, let’s go ahead and get focused on
that.”

His comments come in the wake of VA Secretary Denis McDonough announcing the
change in Florida over the weekend.

While the VA has been paying for prescription hormone therapy and mental health
treatment for transgender veterans since 2013, a change made under the Obama
administration, it has not covered surgical procedures. 

A 2016 study by the Rand Corporation showed between 1,320 and 6,630 active-duty
military personnel identified as transgender, but Rosendale said he believes the
numbers are higher, arguing it could prove to be costly for the agency. 

Sen. Jon Tester praised the VA’s decision as a step in the right direction for
LGBTQ rights.Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

“I mean, the first information that they presented to us was that there was
probably going to be 4,000 or less veterans that were trying to utilize a
service. But there’s other information that shows previously, that there was
15,000 active military that are self-described transgenders, and as many as
134,000 veterans, and when you start looking at the expense associated with
that. It’s anywhere around $100,000 whether you’re male to female or female to
male, one is at $90,000 and the other is $110,000,” he said. 

“So averaging at $100,000 per operation, and we’re looking at, it’s something
that could be $30 billion over the next 10 years at a time when the Veterans
Administration isn’t delivering the benefits that they had promised veterans to
begin with — service-related injuries that they should be receiving their
benefits for.” 

Rosendale’s comments are at odds with fellow Montana Sen. John Tester, a
Democrat who praised the move as a step in the right direction for LGBTQ
rights. 

“Every service member and veteran deserves equal access to quality care from VA,
and this includes our LGBTQ+ veterans,” he said in a statement to the Air Force
Times. “We must reaffirm our commitment to making VA a more welcoming place for
everyone who fought to protect our freedoms.”

Rep. Matt Rosendale called the policy change “dangerous and irresponsible,”
arguing that sex reassignment does “not improve outcomes for
patients.”Independent Record/AP

Rosendale said he is planning on writing a letter to McDonough calling on him to
reconsider his statement. 

“As you noted in your remarks, veterans suffering from Gender Identity Disorder
experience suicidal ideation at a rate significantly higher than the general
veteran population. We believe that the VA pushing unproven and irreversible sex
reassignment surgeries on such a vulnerable population is dangerous and
irresponsible. Not only do sex reassignment surgeries not improve outcomes for
patients, but what little research we do have shows that these procedures may
make the problem even worse,” a draft letter obtained by The Post said.

“In the Obama Administration’s 2016 ‘Decision Memo for Gender Dysphoria and
Gender  Reassignment Surgery’, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid correctly
noted  that those that had undergone sex reassignment procedures experienced
‘increased mortality and psychiatric hospitalization compared to the matched
controls.’ The mortality was primarily due to completed suicides. Moreover, with
so many of our nation’s heroes experiencing significant delays in receiving
the medical care they need through the VA, we believe it is disgraceful that
instead of working to address problems in the access and delivery of true
medical care, the VA is pushing experimental sex reassignment surgeries on
veterans.”




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