KFF May 15, 2024
A long-awaited new rule recently finalized by the Biden Administration gives LGBTQ+ people more protections against discrimination when seeking health care and coverage from a range of programs and organizations, including Medicaid, Medicare, Health Insurance Marketplaces, many health insurance plans, and most hospitals and providers. The rule has been subject to a wave of litigation across the Obama, Trump, and Biden Administrations and the Biden Administration’s new rule reinstates protections eliminated by the Trump Administration.
In a new brief, KFF examines the rule and highlights two areas of interest— nondiscrimination protections for pregnancy related decisions, including abortion, and nondiscrimination protections for transgender people, including those related to gender affirming care. The brief also provides a side-by-side comparison of...
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