• Health Conditions

    What the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on LGBTQ job discrimination means for transgender health protections

    A sweeping 6-3 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday rules that LGBTQ Americans are protected from job discrimination under existing law. The ruling’s ripple effects could extend to the Trump administration’s efforts to roll back health care protections for transgender Americans under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), or Obamacare. On Friday, just three days before the high court’s landmark decision, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) finalized a rule that would undo the Obama administration’s 2016 decision to expand the ACA’s anti-discrimination provisions to health care services for trans people. That 2016 rule leveraged section 1557 of the ACA, which bars certain health plans and activities…

    Comments Off on What the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling on LGBTQ job discrimination means for transgender health protections