NEW: The Trump admin. has finalized its rollback of protections against gender identity discrimination in health care regulated by the Affordable Care Act.
Health and Human Services argues the rule will save taxpayers"$2.9 billion in undue and ineffective regulatory burdens over five years," according to its statement.
Candace Bond-Theriault, the group's senior policy counsel, said in a statement,"Whether it be from the COVID-19 pandemic or as a result of the police brutality we’ve seen on full display over the last few weeks, people across the country are suffering and in pain. Mara Keisling, executive director of the National Center for Transgender Equality, said in a statement,"Even as the death toll and catastrophe of the COVID-19 pandemic grows and people take to the streets, the Trump administration remains focused on denying equal access to health care to transgender people."
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