Friday, February 11, 2022

Insurance & Healthcare

We are pawns in a game of politics that affects our well-being.

The Republicans take it away.

The Democrats restore it.

In the waning day of the Trump administration they proposed to change the rules for Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) to change the definition of the word “sex” from the way that the Supreme Court ruled and the Obama administration defined to excluding us. As executive directors of CTAC I submitted comments to the federal Health and Human Services Administration opposing those changes, the clock ran out on Trump & Co. and the changes never became official.

Proposed Insurance Policy Ignites Debate Over Transgender Health Care
WebMD
By Carolyn Crist


Feb. 10, 2022 -- A new proposed insurance rule to limit discrimination in health plans has ignited a debate over transgender health care.

The policy, known as the Notice of Benefit and Payment Parameters, is part of the Biden administration’s proposal for 2023 for government health insurance exchanges. The rule would require health plans to ensure their benefit designs and implementation don’t discriminate based on sexual orientation, gender identity, age, sociodemographic factors, or other conditions.

The Obama administration first implemented the standard, but the Trump administration removed “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” from the anti-discrimination language in 2020. The Biden proposal would restore protections for those categories.

“We believe such amendments are warranted in light of the existing trends in health care discrimination and are necessary to better address barriers to health equity for LGBTQI+ individuals,” the Department of Health and Human Services wrote in the proposed rule.

Those of you who say that there is no difference between the Republicans and the Democrats just look at healthcare.

The Republicans are telling our doctors that they cannot treat us and the insurance companies don’t have to insure us.

The Democrats are telling doctors and hospital that they must treat us and the insurance companies must insure us.

I don’t know about you but I see a big difference there.

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