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LGBTQ Prime
This trans tech leader founded a company to help seniors manage their medical costs
Joseph Schneier’s Trusty.Care was singled out by AARP Innovation Labs and EndWell as an outstanding startup.
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Commentary
When Black queer women win, we all win
Michele Rayner & Jasmen Rogers-Shaw could be the first queer Black women in the Florida legislature.
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Health and Wellness
Trump promises to end AIDS in 10 years. Experts say his policies are thwarting that goal.
He would need to increase funding for PrEP, protect LGBTQ rights, and increase access to affordable health care.
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News (USA)
Transgender people opting for gender confirmation surgery is dramatically on the rise
But will the Trump administration’s attacks against the transgender community include ignoring an Obamacare mandate that helped make this positive trend a possibility?
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News (USA)
Trans youth in New York now have Medicaid coverage for gender treatments
Effectively immediately, the medically necessary hormone therapy and gender reassignment surgery will be covered.
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News (USA)
Lawsuit alleges AIDS Healthcare Foundation scammed Medicare for $20M
A lawsuit filed in South Florida federal court alleges one of the nation’s largest suppliers of HIV and AIDS medical care bilked federal Medicare and Medicaid programs in a $20 million dollars scam that spanned in a 12-states.
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News (USA)
Blue Cross extends coverage to married same-sex couples in Alabama
Despite Alabama’s ban on same-sex marriage, the coverage extends to those married out-of-state in order to comply with a federal rule.
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News (USA)
Medicare, Medicaid propose new rules to recognize same-sex spouses
The new regulations would revise language to ensure terms like “spouse” and “representative” include gay and lesbian spouses for the purposes of healthcare visitation and decision-making.
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News (USA)
Takano introduces bill to close Social Security, Medicare LGBT loopholes
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) on Tuesday introduced the Social Security and Medicare Parity Act in the U.S. House, a bill to close loopholes in the Social Security Act and guarantee that all married couples, including same-sex couples, receive the Social Security and Medicare spouse and survivor benefits that they have earned.
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News (USA)
Medicare coverage ban on gender reassignment surgery lifted
SAN FRANCISCO — Transgender people receiving Medicare may no longer be automatically denied coverage for gender reassignment surgeries, a U.S. Department of Health and Services review board ruled Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures as a medically necessary and effective treatment for individuals who do not identify with their biological sex.