I looked up the cost of puberty blockers and this turned up : https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/well/family/what-are-puberty-blockers.html https://www.nytimes.

I looked up the cost of puberty blockers and this turned up : https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/well/family/what-are-puberty-blockers.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/11/well/family/what-are-pube... [..]“It depends a lot on what is obtainable through a patient’s insurance,” Dr. Kremen said. Insurance companies are reluctant to cover off-label drug treatments, and implants can run up to approximately $45,000 per implant out of pocket, while shots cost can cost thousands of dollars per dose.[..] https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/when-transgender-kids-transition-medical-risks-are-both-known-and-unknown/ https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/when-transgender-... [..]The Endocrine Society’s guidelines suggest starting puberty blockers for transgender children when they hit a stage of development known as Tanner stage 2 — usually around 10 or 11 years old for a girl and 11 or 12 years old for a boy. The same guidelines suggest giving cross sex hormones — estrogen for transgender girls and testosterone for transgender boys — at age 16. However, doctors caution that estrogen and testosterone, the hormones that are blocked by these medications, also play a role in a child’s neurological development and bone growth. [..] Another area where doctors say there isn’t enough research is the impact that suppressing puberty has on brain development. “The bottom line is we don’t really know how sex hormones impact any adolescent’s brain development,” Dr. Lisa Simons, a pediatrician at Lurie Children’s, told FRONTLINE. “We know that there’s a lot of brain development between childhood and adulthood, but it’s not clear what’s behind that.” What’s lacking, she said, are specific studies that look at the neurocognitive effects of puberty blockers. [..] Most of these treatments are still very expensive and often out of reach for people without the help of insurance. The cost of puberty blockers is approximately $1,200 per month for injections and can range from $4,500 to $18,000 for an implant. [..] NPR article is 2015. The first NYT article is 2021. So I guess prices are going up! I suppose there are a lot more opportunities for revenue after the puberty pause. Profitable racket.