Health and Human Services Department (HHS)

Lawmakers call on HHS to end ban on blood donations from gay, bisexual men

Eighty congressional lawmakers sent a letter Monday to Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell, calling for the Department to replace the FDA's lifetime ban on blood donations from men who have sex with men…

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Panel recommends ending lifetime ban on blood donations from gay men

ARLINGTON, Va. -- A panel of doctors and blood donor advocates who advise the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services voted Thursday to recommend that the federal government end its lifetime ban on blood donations…

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Same-sex spouses to be recognized for Medicare eligibility, enrollment

WASHINGTON -- The Obama Administration announced Thursday that same-sex spouses will be recognized in administering several aspects of the Medicare program, regardless of where the couple resides.

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HHS: Affordable Care Act prohibits discrimination against same-sex couples

WASHINGTON -- The Obama Administration on Friday released new guidance clarifying that the Affordable Care Act prohibits insurers from discriminating against same-sex spouses who wish to purchase health coverage as a family.

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White House, HHS to hold joint briefing on Obamacare and LGBT community

WASHINGTON -- The White House Office of Public Engagement and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday will host a joint briefing on the Affordable Healthcare Act and its impact on LGBT Americans.…

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HHS announces first guidance implementing Supreme Court’s DOMA ruling

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced Thursday that all beneficiaries in private Medicare plans have access to equal coverage when it comes to care in a nursing home where their…

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Baldwin leads 85 lawmakers calling for end to blood donation ban for gay men

WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin is leading a group of 85 House and Senate lawmakers criticizing what she's says is the sluggish pace the nation's top health officials have taken at reevaluating blood donation policies…

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HHS reports on accomplishments, new efforts to improve LGBT health

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on Wednesday said it had achieved "significant strides over the past year" and announced its objectives for the coming year, for improving the health and…

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HHS issues visitation policy for LGBT partners in hospice, long-term care

WASHINGTON -- The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), issued an official policy guidance Monday making it clear that same-sex partners and others…

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HHS affirms health care discrimination law protects LGBT people

WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has confirmed that it views a 2010 law prohibiting sex discrimination in health care services as protecting transgender and other LGBT people from discrimination based on…

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