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August 15, 2022
Questions and Answers on the 2022 Proposed Rule Addressing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA’s Section 1557
Mara Youdelman, Wayne Turner, Abigail Coursolle, Elizabeth Edwards, Jennifer Lav, and Madeline Morcelle Q&A
In courts and through regulatory action, the Biden-Harris administration is vigorously working to address health equity. This includes strengthening the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) nondiscrimination requirements. On August 4, 2022, the administration released a proposed rule that would reinstate key provisions of the ACA’s nondiscrimination requirements repealed by the…
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August 15, 2022
What is Section 1557? An Introduction
Georgesula Ziama 1557, Disability, Homepage
Health care access is under attack. Between the recent Supreme Court decision on abortion rights, the proliferation of anti-trans and other regressive policies at the state-level, and the profound health inequities revealed by the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of people continue to encounter a health care system that is stacked…
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August 11, 2022
LGBTQ and Health Groups Denounce Florida’s Adoption of Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule
Tallahassee, FL - The National Health Law Program, Florida Health Justice Project, Southern Legal Counsel, and Lambda Legal issued the following statement in response to the adoption of an anti-transgender healthcare rule by the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), which oversees Florida's Medicaid Program, that will deny Medicaid coverage for all medically necessary gender-affirming…
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August 8, 2022
Doula Care Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Racial Disparities and Cuts Cost
Alexis Robles-Fradet and Mara Greenwald* california, Health Equity, SRH Health Equity
For over three decades, the maternal mortality rate in the United States has steadily increased, with Black women and birthing people facing a disproportionate percentage of poor health outcomes. To address the crisis levels of maternal mortality, lawmakers and advocates are increasingly recognizing doula care as a promising, cost-effective…
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August 5, 2022
Low-Income Medicaid Enrollees Sue U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Failing to Undo Lawless, Harmful Policy Adopted by Trump Administration
Illegal Policy Requires State Medicaid Agencies to Kick Hundreds of Thousands of People Off of Medicaid During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Violation of Congress’s Clear MandateOne plaintiff, Deborah Carr, a 63-year-old white Connecticut woman, has received full-benefit Medicaid her entire life due to long term, chronic conditions, including a…
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August 5, 2022
Advocates Urge Florida Board of Medicine to Reject Anti-Transgender Health Care Guidance
Health and LGBTQ Legal Advocates condemn State Surgeon General request that is based on junk science and cites discredited expertsFort Lauderdale, FL – Today, the Florida Board of Medicine (the "Board") at its full board meeting is to consider a request by Florida's State Surgeon General for the Board to…
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Questions and Answers on the 2022 Proposed Rule Addressing Nondiscrimination Protections under the ACA’s Section 1557

What is Section 1557? An Introduction

LGBTQ and Health Groups Denounce Florida’s Adoption of Anti-Transgender Health Care Rule

Doula Care Improves Health Outcomes, Reduces Racial Disparities and Cuts Cost

Low-Income Medicaid Enrollees Sue U.S. Department of Health and Human Services for Failing to Undo Lawless, Harmful Policy Adopted by Trump Administration

Advocates Urge Florida Board of Medicine to Reject Anti-Transgender Health Care Guidance