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Healthcare Laws and Policies: Private Insurance
Insurance non-discrimination laws protect LGBT people from being unfairly denied health insurance coverage or from being unfairly excluded from coverage for certain health care procedures. Prohibitions on transgender exclusions in health insurance benefits bar health insurance issuers from denying or limiting coverage based on gender identity and require the removal of “transgender exclusions” from health plans.
Laws prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity refer to statewide protections against discrimination in benefits coverage provided by insurance plans to LGBT plan enrollees. Prohibitions on transgender exclusions in health insurance benefits prohibit insurance discrimination against transgender people. These states bar health insurance issuers from denying or limiting coverage based on gender identity and require the removal of transgender exclusions from health plans. For more information, please contact the Center for American Progress.
See more at: http://lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/healthcare_laws_and_policies
Have questions about what federal changes mean for you? One thing has not changed—the Affordable Care Act STILL protects all LGBTQ people from discrimination when it comes to health insurance and health care. #KnowYourRights so you can #ExpectMoreDemandMore
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The #ACARepeal bill defunds @plannedparenthood,
one of the country’s top providers of trans-affirming healthcare #StandWithPP
Healthcare Laws and Policies: State Employee Benefits
State laws or administrative policies which provide transgender state employees access to transgender and transition-related healthcare through their employment health benefits.
See more at: http://lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/healthcare_laws_and_policies
Healthcare Laws and Policies: Medicaid
State Medicaid policies reflect varying interpretations of federal regulations that prohibit discrimination based on gender identity. Some state Medicaid policies explicitly include health care related to gender transition for transgender people, whereas other state policies explicitly exclude transgender health coverage and care.
Federal law prohibits discrimination in health care on the basis of gender identity. Interpretation of federal law as it applies to state Medicaid coverage, as well as state Medicaid law itself, varies from state to state, as this map illustrates. For more information, please contact NCTE or CAP.
If you have experienced discrimination in health care, you can file a complaint with the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services within 180 days of when the discrimination occurred. OCR also investigates violations involving the improper disclosure or use of your private medical information.
See more at: http://lgbtmap.org/equality-maps/healthcare_laws_and_policies
Discrimination in healthcare is frequent for #LGBT people of color. #lgbthealth #millennialmon
While there has been a cumulative increase in revenue from individual contributions, LGBT organizations continue to rely on contributions from a small fraction of the LGBT community. The total number of people who gave $35 or more to a participating organization represents approximately 3.1% of the total number of LGBT adults in the United States.
See more in MAP’s 2016 National LGBT Movement Report
#TransHealth matters. Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, trans and GNC people should not be discriminated against in health coverage or care. That means access to the preventive care and transition-related care you need—and the right to be treated with respect by health care providers. If you face one of these situations, #KnowYourRights
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MAP’s latest report finds that at most only 2.8% of #LGBT people contributed $35 or more in
2017 to participating LGBT organizations. Individual donors are the most
significant source of revenue for LGBT organizations. Please consider
supporting your favorite #LGBT organization this holiday season. http://www.lgbtmap.org/2018-national-lgbt-movement-report