Controversies
- Should insurance or government (the other 99% of the population) pay US$100,000 or more (which is the estimated cost) to treat someone to move them from the first percentile to perhaps the 10th? Would that just transfer the disadvantages to those in what was previously the "2nd" percentile?
- There is some evidence that hormone treatment may not result in a significant improvement in psychosocial functioning.
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