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AnythingToAvoidWork t1_j3cjxi5 wrote

Reply to comment by Hereforthemadness1 in Does NH cover transgender HRT treatment for people on SSI/medicaid? by NeitherAsk1441

Transition treatment is more akin to drug addiction treatment than elective like steroid use.

Both you can "just deal with" without dying but the mental strain results in stuff like overdose with drugs and increased risk of suicide for transitions.

Whether or not people on Reddit agree is irrelevant.

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Hereforthemadness1 t1_j3cr4hq wrote

Sadly I’d agree except drug addiction treatment isn’t fully covered by the state, or else we wouldn’t still be in the epidemic we are. So I’ll stand by my point, it’s something that should be treated with your own money. The system may be broken, but there are more pressing issues to address in regards to Medicare then the small amount of people needing HRT. Let HRT cover it AFTER they cover drug treatment. Frankly I’ve heard more about Trans in the last few years because it’s a tiny issue being yelled loudest by the few. Meanwhile drug addicts go swept under the rug completely, when it’s a dramatically bigger and more dangerous issue. Rampant drug addiction is a PUBLIC issue, therefore should be helped with public funds. Someone believing their a women or a man despite how they were born is a PRIVATE issue, and should be dealt with privately.

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NeitherAsk1441 OP t1_j3cvxxc wrote

Drug addicts could help themselves but they'll lose their friends and stop being cool if they do that.

I just recently separated myself from the same kinds of people. It was easy: I made the choice.

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Hereforthemadness1 t1_j3d1uj7 wrote

For someone presumably pushing the modern style of thinking in regards to gender and equality, you have a very antiquated view on drug addicts. Across the board, both society wide and medically, drug addiction, in particular opioid addiction which is the biggest issue in NH, and across the USA, is completely acknowledged as a chemical rewriting of the brain that the addicts themselves cannot simply “decide” to change.

For someone who I’m sure wails and gnashes their teeth against the oppression and lack of equality of a very minor group of the population, I’m gently surprised at your total lack of insight or compassion to the victims of the opioid crisis.

Though I suppose I’m not surprised, many people are so self absorbed that anyone’s issues beyond the length of your own nose are not important.

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zetterbeauty t1_j3d3wta wrote

You’re making a lot of judgement based off of a perfectly reasonable question by OP. Are you projecting perhaps?

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Hereforthemadness1 t1_j3dhit4 wrote

Projecting what? I’m well aware of my insecurities, personal demons and methods of dealing with them. I don’t ask anyone to help, I pay for it myself.

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zetterbeauty t1_j3dl1ta wrote

You assumed they “gnash their teeth about oppression” over a simple question they asked and completely eviscerated their character. You may not ask people for help, but you clearly need it.

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PowPowPowerCrystal t1_j3dg9nm wrote

Yeah the dudes who live in the woods on the edge of my town are real concerned with looking cool. That’s a bad take.

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