For gender-affirming procedures, $1.5 million for hormone therapy, and $17.5 million for psychotherapy.
These treatments include mastectomies, face reconstruction, and, in rare instances, operations like scrotoplasties and vaginectomies.
In order to care for almost 9.6 million active-duty soldiers, retirees, and their families under TRICARE health insurance, the U.S.
Military Health System spends around $50 billion a year. Although gender-affirming operations are normally not covered.
By TRICARE, active-duty members may be eligible for exemptions for treatments that are judged medically essential.
Approximately 0.3% of all active-duty military members, or 3,700 people, have received a diagnosis and treatment for gender dysphoria as of April 2024.
