HHS Secretary Alex Azar (Photo: Screen Capture/House Appropriations)
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has removed protection for gay and lesbian people from federal health care program anti-discrimination regulations.
The regulations have prohibited anyone associated with federally funded health care programs and activities — including Medicare Advantage plan issuers; Affordable Care Act exchange plan issuers; agents and brokers who sell Medicare Advantage plans or ACA exchange plans; and health care providers who accept Medicare or Medicaid — from discriminating against people on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, or gender identity.
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Allison Bell
Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.
