Sen. Van Hollen, Senate Democrats Demand Answers From Secretary Tom Price on Anti-Discrimination Protections in Health Care
Today
"The Department's removal of language indicating support for prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination as a matter of policy would be disturbing on its face alone, but it is especially concerning given the divisive and harmful rhetoric that
In their letter,
* Does HHS still agree that discrimination based on stereotypical ideas about gender is unlawful sex discrimination?
* Does HHS still support prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination as a matter of policy?
* Please respond to questions 5, 6, and 7 from the
Joining Senator
Full text of letter below and PDF can be found HERE (https://www.help.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/20170815_August%201557%20Letter.pdf):
Dear Secretary Price:
We write with continued concern about your plans for enforcement of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which prohibits discrimination in health care on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability. Many of us wrote to you on
As we have previously reminded you, Section 1557 of the ACA requires that on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability, an individual cannot be:
excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under, any health program or activity, any part of which is receiving Federal financial assistance, including credits, subsidies, or contracts of insurance, or under any program or activity that is administered by an
Rather than enforcing the provisions of the law that protect individuals from discrimination, the
Finally, following the removal of language in the "Frequently Asked Questions" section of the HHS webpage about Section 1557 regulations, many of us wrote asking you to explain the rationale.[4] Now, additional language clarifying that discrimination based on gender identity and sex stereotyping constitutes discrimination on the basis of sex has also been removed. As of today, the website mentions only discrimination on the basis of pregnancy as a type of sex discrimination, after HHS removed the following language:
"gender identity and sex stereotyping. More than 25 years ago, the
The Department's removal of language indicating support for prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination as a matter of policy would be disturbing on its face alone, but it is especially concerning given the divisive and harmful rhetoric that
While
In addition to responding to the questions in the letter on this topic dated
* Does HHS still agree that discrimination based on stereotypical ideas about gender is unlawful sex discrimination?
* Does HHS still support prohibiting sexual orientation discrimination as a matter of policy?
Please respond to questions 5, 6, and 7 from the
Sincerely,
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