Not even the coronavirus is preventing the Trump administration from moving to roll back nondiscrimination protections for LGBTQ patients.
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We published thousands of pages of calendars of officials in HHS’s Office of Civil Rights, revealing a number of meetings about Section 1557, the nondiscrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act. americanoversight.org/new-documents-…
The Trump administration, including OCR Director Roger Severino, want to roll back a 2016 rule that said Section 1557 covered gender identity. The calendars show a number of meetings on the subject. americanoversight.org/document/hhs-o…
Rolling back protections for LGBTQ people and for those who’ve had abortions is part of the wider effort to allow groups or companies to deny services, employment, or contraception or other health coverage to people on “religious freedom” grounds. americanoversight.org/document/hhs-r…
Other HHS calendars include a number of meetings with right-wing Christian groups and anti-abortion rights advocates, showing the elevation of conservative religious interests in health care. americanoversight.org/document/hhs-c…
And another set of HHS documents contains the agenda from a 7/12/19 White House meeting attended by Secretary Azar and numerous conservative groups, many dedicated to opposing the ACA. americanoversight.org/document/hhs-r…
