Healthcare DIVE July 9, 2024
The judge ruled the HHS overstepped in applying an employment law decision to healthcare, a decision experts say could occur more frequently now that the Chevron doctrine has been overturned.
Dive Brief:
- The Biden administration cannot enforce new HHS anti-discrimination rules for transgender patients, a Mississippi federal judge ruled last week.
- The nationwide block came two days before the policy was set to go into effect on July 5. The rules sought to restore Obama-era protections, banning providers and insurers that received federal funding from discriminating against patients based on their gender identity or sexual orientation.
- Courts have previously struck down or limited healthcare protections for transgender patients, according to Rob Bradner, partner at law firm Holland &...
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