The Trump administration may soon introduce proposed regulations that could allow health care providers, hospitals and insurers to discriminate against transgender patients, according to equality advocates
. They say officials at the Department of Health and Human Services are rewriting an Obamacare rule that exists to provide protection.
The new proposal, they say, could come as early as Friday. Health and Human Services would not offer any clarification."We cannot go into further detail because these matters are subject to ongoing litigation, and rulemaking processes and procedures governed by the Administrative Procedure Act and subject to longstanding Executive Branch policy," the agency's press office wrote in an email.
Controversial Pentagon policy bans transgender recruits 01:42Branstetter shared stories of people being turned away from emergency rooms, subjected to unnecessary and costly testing, and denied basic care and coverage."These are not hypotheticals. These are not imaginary concerns," she said."These are the realities that the members of the transgender community live with." What happens nextOnce a new proposal is released, it would be under review and open to public comment.
"These protections are essential and even lifesaving for transgender people," Thompson said."We won't allow this administration to undue those protections." As long as the Affordable Care Act exists, Section 1557 remains in place, but that doesn't make the administration's likely change any less worrisome, Branstetter said."ACA is still the law," she said.
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