Conservative Docs: ACA, SCOTUS Do Not Bar All LGBT Discrimination

A conservative group representing physicians challenging HHS’ nondiscrimination rules for providers receiving federal funding argues that neither the Affordable Care Act (ACA) nor the Supreme Court prohibit discrimination against LGBT patients in all circumstances, in a response brief asking the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to weigh in on whether ACA protections against sex discrimination always protect sexual orientation and gender identity as well. The physician plaintiffs in the case, represented by the conservative America First...