I’m at the clinic and just learned about Japanese law re GRS, which is a complete disaster.

In short, the national health insurance system will NOT cover GRS if you have EVER had HRT.

This is the most illogical policy I can imagine. It seems to be rooted in some concept of how payment for health care works, but it is bizarre: can you imagine being treated for a minor illness, finding out it was more serious, and then having surgical costs denied because you took medication?

@eve I hope y'all are able to break that bullshit soon. WTF.

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