The Trump administration announces it is eliminating an Obama-era regulation prohibiting discrimination in health care against patients who are transgender
prohibiting discrimination in health care against patients who are transgender.
Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, known as the Health Care Rights Law,"prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in certain health programs and activities." A rule enacted in 2016 interpreted the ban on sex discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of gender identity, building on similar interpretations in other federal civil rights laws and court rulings, and termination of pregnancy.
The department had proposed a similar change to the Obama-era rule last year, saying that in light of several legal challenges to the rule, it wanted to"address the overbroad interpretations" of it and"reduce the significant confusion and unjustified burdens" it said the rule caused. said it plans to mount a legal challenge.
The American Civil Liberties Union said the move could cost lives, and the National Center for Transgender Equality called the move"heartless" and said the administration is"encouraging discrimination" with the rule change.
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