nprnews_____ = ||| lubuntu at wor2|||Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration||| kickerpage = |||no kicker pagenpr for NPRNEWS||| summarynpr = |||Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.


Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration

Roger Severino, who directs the Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Health and Human Services, has long argued that “sex discrimination” protections in the Affordable Care Act aren’t meant to encompass protections for transgender people.

Jacquelyn Martin/AP


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Transgender Health Protections Reversed By Trump Administration



Trump has reversed Obama-era protections that prohibit discrimination in health care based on gender identity. Critics warn the rule could harm a vulnerable group — LGBTQ people — during a pandemic.


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