Posted May, 13 2016 by Amanda Dunker
By: Ali Harris, LGBT Program Coordinator, Raising Women’s Voices – New York Today the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) released the final rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability in certain health programs. One of […]
Posted December, 10 2015 by Hannah Lupien
Welcome to National LGBT Week of Action for Enrollment! The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the White House, Out2Enroll and partners across the country and New York State are collaborating this week to reach uninsured LGBT people and get them enrolled in health insurance for 2016. The deadline to apply for coverage […]
Posted September, 30 2015 by Hannah Lupien
Guest post: Lois Uttley, Director, Raising Women’s Voices – NY The NYS Department of Financial Services issued a Circular Letter in December 2014 requiring private health insurance plans in our state to cover all medically-necessary care for treatment of gender dysphoria. With the one-year anniversary of this policy approaching, the LGBT Task Force of […]
Posted June, 23 2015 by Hannah Lupien
High rates of un-insurance among lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people have finally started to drop because of the affordable, nondiscriminatory health coverage options made possible by the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The LGBT uninsured rate fell from 24.2 percent to under 18 percent in the first year of operation of ACA health marketplaces, […]