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© press Taxpayers to pay for transgender surgeries despite millions being out of work due to the coronavirus pandemic Joe Biden s Jan. 25 transgender order will allow free gender reassignment surgery for active military personnel and veterans, and taxpayers will foot the bill. As the United States grapples with the coronavirus pandemic, Biden s order will allow treatments costing upward of $200,000 for military members. Tucked away inside Biden s order is a clause “Enabling All Qualified Americans to Serve Their Country in Uniform,” repealing an Obama-era policy that prohibited federally funded reassignment surgery. This was followed up with memos from both Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin and Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough stating that surgery is now an added benefit.

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