TheStar.com – Rob Ferguson – Queen’s Park Bureau
Smitherman says surgery for `very serious medical condition’ will cost health plan $200,000 yearly
The small number of Ontarians hoping for sex-change operations will soon see the surgery covered by provincial health insurance again.
The decision is expected to cost a total of $200,000 a year because just “eight to 10” people annually are expected to pass the “very rigorous” psychological evaluation required before sex reassignment surgery, Health Minister George Smitherman said yesterday.