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Health Care Rules Proposed to Shield Transgender Patients from Discrimination in Coverage, Benefits
The New York Times; subscription may be required Sept. 4, 2015
"The proposed rule would apply throughout the health care system -- affecting most health insurers, hospitals, nursing homes and physicians. It says that the provision applies to any providers or insurers who receive 'federal financial assistance,' and lists an array of funding streams that would make them subject to the rule. Health insurers or medical providers who are found to violate the provision could risk losing their federal funding. They could also be subject to individual lawsuits from patients ... The scope of the proposed regulation -- which must go through a public comment period before it takes effect -- was larger than some experts expected.... Though the proposal is quite clear in its application to transgender rights, it is more vague on whether the law's anti-discrimination provisions apply to gay, lesbian and bisexual patients."
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