All posts tagged "affordable care act"
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UPDATE: Anti-gay lawyer confirmed as head of Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division
Senate Republicans have filed for cloture, or to end debate, on nomination of Eric Dreiband
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Two Wisconsin residents sue over state’s Medicaid ban on gender confirmation surgery
Two Wisconsin residents are suing the state’s Department of Health Services over a ban that prohibits transgender Medicaid recipients from obtaining coverage for gender confirmation...
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LGBTQ advocates slam passage of GOP tax bill
Bill's provisions threaten LGBTQ people's access to health care and do not benefit lower-income individuals
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LGBTQ groups decry GOP tax reform bill
LGBTQ advocates worry over potential cuts to health care programs and tax hikes on lower-income earners
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Federal court finds sex discrimination laws protect transgender people
Two pro-LGBTQ legal organizations have filed an amended complaint on behalf of a mother suing a San Diego children’s hospital for discriminating against her transgender...
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United Resistance: We need to unite against the GOP’s healthcare plans
The LGBTQ Community remains the big loser in GOP health bills
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Senate Democrats demand answers from HHS on health care protections
A group of 15 U.S. senators has sent a letter to Health and Human Service Secretary Tom Price asking whether he intends to enforce nondiscrimination...
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Health care bill protesters arrested during sit-ins at Republican Senate offices
At least 20 health care activists with pre-existing conditions were arrested during sit-ins at Republican senators’ offices on Capitol Hill on Wednesday, with the numbers...
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HRC releases video highlighting importance of Planned Parenthood for LGBTQ community
The Human Rights Campaign has released a video highlighting the important role that Planned Parenthood plays in providing culturally competent health care to the LGBTQ...
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Trump birth control regulation could threaten LGBTQ health rights
Regulation would allow more employers, even for-profit companies, to refuse to cover medically necessary treatments
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Trump appoints anti-transgender think tank director to HHS post
LGBTQ advocates are outraged after President Donald Trump appointed Roger Severino, a former director from the right-wing think tank Heritage Foundation, to be the director of the...
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New Jersey transgender man sues Catholic hospital for denying him a hysterectomy
A New Jersey transgender man is suing a Catholic hospital after it refused to perform a medically necessary hysterectomy because of objections that he was...
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Bowser to meet in person with Donald Trump on Tuesday
Mayor Muriel Bowser is scheduled to meet with President-elect Donald Trump in New York on Tuesday morning. As part of the meeting, which is closed...
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Twisted Jurisprudence: “Religious Freedom” threatens birth control, PrEP and more
Overly broad interpretations of religious freedom could have negative ramifications for the nation's LGBT community
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LGBT advocates praise Supreme Court decision upholding Obamacare
The Supreme Court’s decision on Thursday to keep intact the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is being hailed as a win for the LGBT community, both...
