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“You're free to call it a mental disorder if you find that helpful. The debate raging is whether this is, in fact, actually helpful to them.”

Okay, then insurance companies don’t have to pay for their treatments because there’s nothing physically wrong with them, just their feelings about their bodies. A double mastectomy for cancer is different than a double mastectomy for someone distressed at the idea of having breasts. It’s all cosmetic then if there’s no mental component. Got it.

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I just said there is debate as to whether it's helpful to them mentally, not that there is no mental component. Yes, insurance companies should not "have" to pay for anything in a free society. Anyone pushing to legally compel them to pay for it are ideologues that I disagree with.

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