The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is finalizing specific provisions of a rule under the Affordable Care Act that broadens civil rights protection.
This is the first federal law to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex in healthcare, which means hospitals, nursing homes, health insurers and doctors are barred from discriminating against transgender Americans — as well as others based on sex.
This new rule puts the entire industry on notice. It’s now illegal to discriminate against people based on their sexual orientation, just like it’s been illegal to deny care to people based on age, religion or race. Friday is the deadline for the Obama Administration to finalize new rules.
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