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Rightwing pundit calls on Trump’s health secretary to end HIV/AIDS programs
Linda Harvey wants incoming HHS head Tom Price to go after the CDC’s HIV/AIDS strategy and start “dismantling” the “mythological gay identity.”
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Antigay bigot and Obamacare foe is Trump’s leading choice for health secretary
Tom Price is a Georgia congressman and an M.D. who thinks being gay is a “lifestyle” and that LGBTQ rights are “a huge cost-driver.”
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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 with a policy based on individual risk factors.
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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 from gay and bisexual men.
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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 spouse lives.
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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 for gay men.
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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 well-being of LGBT individuals, families, and communities.