Health and Human Services Department (HHS)

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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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  Obama Administration announces resource center for LGBT refugees

  The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services on Thursday announced the creation of a first-ever resource center to support the resettlement of LGBT refugees.

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  Obama Administration extends Medicaid protections to same-sex couples

  The Obama Administration on Friday set forth new policy guidelines expanding states’ ability to provide same-sex couples with the same coverage offered to heterosexual couples when they receive long-term care under Medicaid.

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  Advisory panel recommends upholding ban on blood donations from gay men

  A government health committee Friday voted against rescinding the ban on gay men donating blood but also called for new research on alternative policies, citing flaws in the current rules. The Health and Human Services Committee,…

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