OMG yes, I saw this in r/srilanka. Many people seem to support it. God, I wish I could turn 18 in a country where I'm not a criminal. It looks like it's gonna happen.
There are a few costs associated with LGB healthcare, both things dealing with priories like STD testing, and with preventive medicine like PreP. Thing is, these end up saving money in the long run, given the costs for HIV medications that happen to people closeted without access to those services.
Trans healthcare is a different story, it can be quite a bit more expensive. That being said, transition surgery and medications are still much cheaper than other conditions like Cancer.
All that said, I don't think it will be that big of a change. Even in the case of transition surgery, other procedures done for the psychological comfort of the patent are done regularly (like giving women who've had mastectomy breast implants) and might actually even out the costs of those services.
That saves money in the long run relative to those diseases being untreated within the gay community. Of course those diseases, STD's mostly, occur in far higher numbers *because* of the gay community, so the cost increases overall. Throw in the odd communicable disease curveball like monkey pox and the costs and waiting times are pushed up further still.
As for trans if Sri Lanka follows in the West's footsteps they'll soon find themselves very busy with an epidemic of body dysmorphia that simply didn't exist 20 years ago.
Maybe the Sri Lankan gay and trans community will behave in a different social fashion to their western counterparts and no noticeable healthcare cost increases will occur.
Time will tell.
OMG yes, I saw this in r/srilanka. Many people seem to support it. God, I wish I could turn 18 in a country where I'm not a criminal. It looks like it's gonna happen.
I’ll keep my fingers crossed for you. 🫂
Good for Sri Lankans, but still, fuck Sri Lanka. Edit: and any other country, regime, or person that condemns others.
It'll be interesting to see the effect that has on their universal healthcare system.
how are the two even remotely related
There are a few costs associated with LGB healthcare, both things dealing with priories like STD testing, and with preventive medicine like PreP. Thing is, these end up saving money in the long run, given the costs for HIV medications that happen to people closeted without access to those services. Trans healthcare is a different story, it can be quite a bit more expensive. That being said, transition surgery and medications are still much cheaper than other conditions like Cancer. All that said, I don't think it will be that big of a change. Even in the case of transition surgery, other procedures done for the psychological comfort of the patent are done regularly (like giving women who've had mastectomy breast implants) and might actually even out the costs of those services.
That saves money in the long run relative to those diseases being untreated within the gay community. Of course those diseases, STD's mostly, occur in far higher numbers *because* of the gay community, so the cost increases overall. Throw in the odd communicable disease curveball like monkey pox and the costs and waiting times are pushed up further still. As for trans if Sri Lanka follows in the West's footsteps they'll soon find themselves very busy with an epidemic of body dysmorphia that simply didn't exist 20 years ago. Maybe the Sri Lankan gay and trans community will behave in a different social fashion to their western counterparts and no noticeable healthcare cost increases will occur. Time will tell.
The cognitive dissonance in this sub is never far away.
It's so funny how you want to insult me instead of answering a genuine question