Trump Administration Retracts TG Protections in Health Care

[Adrian]

Thanks for the update….here is a short abstract for the day when the NYT removes the article from its free website,

Quote:

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Friday finalized a regulation that will erase protections for transgender patients against discrimination by doctors, hospitals and health insurance companies, a move announced on the four-year anniversary of the massacre at a gay nightclub in Orlando and in the middle of Pride Month.

The rule, which does not differ much from a proposed version released last year, is part of a broad Trump administration effort across multiple areas of policy — including education, housing, and employment, as well as health care — to narrow the legal definition of sex discrimination so that it does not include protections for transgender people.

The Affordable Care Act, the 2010 law often known as Obamacare, established broad civil rights protections in health care, barring discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, age or disability in “any health program or activity” that receives federal financial assistance.

The Obama administration interpreted the provision about sex discrimination to include discrimination on the basis of “gender identity.” Under the original 2016 rule, health care providers and insurers would have been required to provide and cover medically appropriate treatment for transgender patients.

[Deleted User]

i’m way past being surprised by the abhorrent actions of this man and to top it off it was announced on the anniversary of the worst event in LGBT history in the US. the pulse night club shooting in Florida.

Then again there are so many dark days in US history that most dates of the year are pretty well an anniversary of something horrid..

Something that made me feel better after reading Trumps announcement was reading a letter by the Mermaids group in the UK to JK Rowling about her recent blogs that have offended many Trans people. . You will probably find it easily via google if you dont have a Twitter account.