Federal employees will be able to claim up to $75,000 for sex-change surgery as of July 1, as part of a new health benefit plan.
Any public service employee who wants to take advantage of the funds can claim the benefit to put toward “certain gender affirming procedures not covered by provincial/territorial health plans to help people with their gender affirmation journey.”
To qualify for the benefit, employees must be over 18 and under the care of a physician for gender affirmation. The applicant must also exhaust all available provincial or territorial medical coverage offered, and “have all procedures considered medically necessary by the attending physician/nurse practitioner.”…