HHS To Enforce ACA’s Anti-Discrimination Protections Reversed Under Trump

By Amy Lotven / May 10, 2021 at 5:07 PM
Civil rights groups and Democratic lawmakers applaud HHS’ announcement that it will enforce the Affordable Care Act’s protections against discriminatory actions toward transgender or LGBTQ individuals per the Supreme Court’s decision in Bostock vs. Clayton County , rejecting the Trump administration’s rule that rolled back those provisions . The Supreme Court last June ruled the Civil Rights Act’s prohibition on discrimination ‘on the basis of sex’ includes sexual orientation and gender identity and, starting Monday (May 10), OCR will interpret...


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