I wonder if this would be covered under Obama’s health care plan if he/she were not in prison. Is there such a thing as medically necessary electrolysis? Would a sex change be covered? I assume as wards of the state, prisoners will be exempt from paying premiums. With inclusions and exclusions like this, no wonder the thing is over 1000 pages.

Convicted wife-killer Robert “Michelle” Kosilek was rebuffed again in his battle to force state prison honchos to give him electrolysis treatments, but a federal judge left the door open to the transgender con getting taxpayer-funded hair removal procedures.
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The 60-year-old inmate had previously received seven DOC-approved electrolysis treatments at a cost of $500 each. His lawyers had argued the treatments were medically necessary.
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Despite the legal victory for prison officials, [attorney] Wolf criticized the DOC for its decision to stop electrolysis treatments for Kosilek, formerly of Mansfield, who lives as a woman at the all-male prison, MCI-Norfolk.

Wolf said the move to stop the treatments ran “a grave risk of violating the Eight Amendment,” which prohibits cruel and unusual punishment. He warned the decision to stop the treatments did not take into consideration Kosilek’s “unique circumstances” and was not made by a medical professional.

The DOC has said it is willing to give Kosilek razors and depilatories.

Oral arguments on whether the state should pay for Kosilek to undergo a sex change operation were scheduled for Dec. 21.