Proposes rule that removes Obama-era transgender health care protections
By Veronica Stracqualursi, CNN
Updated 3:57 PM ET, Fri May 24, 2019
Washington (CNN)The Department of Health and Human Services proposed a rule Friday that would roll back an Obamacare regulation that prohibits discrimination against patients who are transgender or have previously undergone an abortion.
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 change is the latest step by the Trump administration to restrict the definition of sex after the Obama administration expanded it to strengthen legal protections for transgender individuals in education, housing and the military. Earlier this week, the Department of Housing and Urban Development also proposed a new rule that would allow federally funded homeless shelters to consider sex and gender identity when deciding whether to accommodate someone. The Trump administration has also banned transgender recruits from joining the military ...
https://www.cnn.com/2019/05/24/politics/hhs-rule-transgender-protections/index.html
