Commissioners Ask Administration To Scrap Proposed Transgender Rule

NEW YORK -- Insurance commissioners from 18 states are calling on the Trump administration to scrap its plan to eliminate health care protections for the transgender population via a proposal that would roll back the scope of the Obama-era 1557 antidiscrimination rule. California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara, who spearheaded the letter, says the proposed rule gives health plans and providers a license to discriminate against the already vulnerable transgender community. He released the letter shortly after a National Association of...