At a time when lawmakers struggled to find money for health care for the state's most vulnerable people, Washington taxpayers footed the bill for a sex-change operation, penile implants, breast augmentation and ear piercings.If you dare criticize all this the MSM suggests you aren't compassionate.Your wallet is their toy.
In his most recent review of state Medicaid expenses, Auditor Brian Sonntag found thousands of questionable expenditures in the 2004 fiscal year. One in particular jumped off the page.
Medicaid paid $9,549.92 to surgically transform a woman into a man.
"You pick up the paper or watch the evening news and you see senior citizens who can't get medications of diabetes and things," Sonntag said. "And here you see tax dollars being used for things like this, it makes you ask, 'Why?' "
Previously unreleased details from last year's audit question the necessity of several other procedures the state subsidized.
The documents show the state spent at least $3,500 to insert and repair penile implants, $40,000 on plastic and cosmetic surgery and more than $100,000 on unauthorized breast implants and augmentation.
Two people had their ears pierced at a total cost of $210, according to the report.
Friday, February 10, 2006
Washington State's taxpayers paid for a sex change
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer reports:
