Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170824:18:53:00
Than upon their ability to serve. >> there are just over 2.1 million active duty and reserve service members in the u.s. military. according to a rand corporation study conducted last year, anywhere between 2 and 11,000 of them are transgender. while an advocacy group says that number could go high as high as 15,000. as for health care, rand says the u.s. military spent about $6.3 billion in total for its soldiers, and if it was to care for transgender medical costs, it would be between 2.4 and $8.4 million more. which is just about.04 to .13% more. that's almost nothing. by comparison, the mi...