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June 28, 2019
Calif., Leader in Protecting LGBTQ Health Care Rights, But Trump Administration Continues to Threaten Those Rights
Abigail Coursolle california, Health Equity, Homepage
During this Pride Month, California is a proud leader in protecting LGBTQ residents from discrimination in health care.Indeed, California has a longstanding, albeit imperfect, history of protecting the rights of its LGBTQ residents. In keeping with this history, the state embraced the federal Health Care Rights Law (HCRL) Act, a…
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June 7, 2019
HUD Proposes Rule to Permit Homeless Shelters to Deny Access to Transgender Youth
Brian Brooks Health Equity, Homepage
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) announced on May 22 a forthcoming rule change that would allow HUD-funded shelters to deny transgender individuals housing based on their sex as determined by government documents. The rule, which is scheduled to go into effect this fall, would allow…
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May 28, 2019
Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress
Elizabeth G. Taylor 1557, Disability, Health Equity, Homepage
Opening the door to discrimination in our health care system is no way to ensure equal access to vital health care coverage or to plan for our country’s future. We should be building on the progress we made in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) in making health care available…
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April 8, 2019
How Medicaid Work Requirements Harm Women, LGBTQ People
Priscilla Huang and Candace Gibson Health Equity, Homepage, SRH Health Equity
Health care advocates celebrated when a federal judge recently blocked Medicaid waiver projects in Kentucky and Arkansas that condition Medicaid coverage on mandatory work requirements and other cuts to coverage. The Trump administration approved (and encouraged) states to impose such requirements in a backdoor effort to undermine Medicaid and…
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March 26, 2019
The Doula Difference: State and Federal Bills Aim at Reducing Maternal Health Disparities through Doula Services
Dhara Patel Health Equity, SRH Health Equity, Uncategorized
Dhara Patel is an intern for the National Health Law Program, working on issues related to reproductive health.As I scrolled through the stories of women who had pregnancy-related deaths on ProPublica’s Lost Mothers page, a surge of emotions overwhelmed me. The numbers and statistics we typically use when discussing…
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December 7, 2018
Public Charge Will Reverse the Golden State’s Progress Towards Health Equity
Priscilla Huang california, Health Equity, Homepage, Immigrant Health
Trump administration in early fall published a long-anticipated proposed rule that would have dramatic and detrimental impacts on the health and well-being of immigrant families in California. The rule seeks to redefine an immigration law concept known as “public charge.” If implemented, the rule could harm hundreds of thousands…
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Calif., Leader in Protecting LGBTQ Health Care Rights, But Trump Administration Continues to Threaten Those Rights

HUD Proposes Rule to Permit Homeless Shelters to Deny Access to Transgender Youth

Administration’s Proposed Regulation Change to ACA’s Nondiscrimination Provision Would Rollback Civil and Health Rights Progress

How Medicaid Work Requirements Harm Women, LGBTQ People

The Doula Difference: State and Federal Bills Aim at Reducing Maternal Health Disparities through Doula Services

Public Charge Will Reverse the Golden State’s Progress Towards Health Equity