Biden Restores LGBTQ+ Health Protections
Pres. Joe Biden revives Obama-era Health Care Protections to LGBTQ+ Americans Honoring campaign promises, President Joe Biden earlier today signed an executive order restoring health…
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FAQs To Trump Admin Plan to Roll Back ACA Trans Nondiscrimination Regulation
By: National Center for Transgender Equality— The Trump Administration has announced that it is planning to roll back an important regulation about Section 1557 of…
Alert: Fenway Health Statement on Senate Vote to Proceed on Vote on Health Care Bill
BOSTON—Today, the United States Senate voted to proceed with debate on a bill to either repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or one that would…
U.S. Senate Version of Health Bill Will Likely Harm People With HIV
By: Eric Brush*— As this column was being finished, the U.S. Senate was still working on its version of a bill that would replace the…
Congressional Budget Deal Has Good News; GOP Health Care Bill Does Not
By: Eric Brus* Congress agreed on a $1.1 trillion omnibus spending bill that will fund most federal government operations through fiscal year (FY) 2017, which…
Fenway Health Urges Senate to Preserve Health Equity Measures and Coverage Expansions of ACA
BOSTON―Last week, the US House of Representatives approved the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a bill designed to replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If…
New Amendment to GOP Healthcare Bill Poses Greater Threat to LGBTs Living with HIV
The GOP Healthcare Bill is bad news with people with pre-existing conditions BOSTON, Mass.―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief analyzing…
Far-Right Republican Health Care Repeal Would Leave Millions of LGBT People Uninsured
SAN FRANCISCO—Despite overwhelming opposition to previous efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act, far-right Republicans in Congress have come out with a new plan to…
Health Care Gains Made Under Obamacare Remain At Risk
Obamacare could still be on the chopping block By: Eric Brus*— Now that Congress is no longer considering the American Health Care Act (AHCA), a…
LGBTs, People Living with HIV Have Disproportionately Benefitted from ACA, Have Much at Stake in Reform Debate
BOSTON―Today, The Fenway Institute of Fenway Health released a policy brief outlining the essential elements of a revised national health insurance strategy to ensure that…
President Obama’s Proclamation: World AIDS Day 2016
BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION Thirty-five years ago the first documented cases of AIDS brought about an era of…
What Will a Trump Presidency Mean for the Fight Against HIV/AIDS?
The fight against HIV/AIDS Seen from an Unexpected Political Position By: Eric Brus*– The results of the 2016 U.S. national election came as a great…
Transgender Man Wins Health Insurance Coverage for Gender Transition
NEW YORK—The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has secured insurance coverage for a transgender man’s medically necessary care after his union-sponsored health insurance…
Major Study Confirms Need for Early HIV Treatment
By: Eric Brus* — In late May, researchers in a major international study reported definitive evidence that early antiretroviral treatment (ART) substantially reduces HIV-infected persons’ risks…
Trans Women are 49 Times More Likely to Have HIV: Here’s Why You Should Care
By: Diane Anderson-Minshall*/Special to TRT— Let me tell you about a woman I met. Let’s call her Trina. On the surface, we have some similarities….
HHS Proposes New Rules Banning Transgender Health Care Discrimination
Could End Most Insurance Plans’ Practice of Excluding Transition-Related Care WASHINGTON—Today, the (HHS) announced proposed rules to implement the non-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care…
The National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020
Today, President Obama signed an Executive Order releasing the National HIV/AIDS Strategy: Updated to 2020, detailing principles and priorities to guide our collective national work to address…
Fenway Health Commends Supreme Court For Upholding Federally-Run Insurance Exchanges
BOSTON, Mass.—Fenway Health commends the U.S. Supreme Court for ruling 6-3 in favor of federally-run insurance marketplaces. Because of a legal challenge to the federally-run…
The Affordable Care Act is Here to Stay
WASHINGTON—In a decision that further solidifies the Affordable Care Act, the Supreme Court today ruled that the law’s financial help in the form of tax…
The Affordable Care Act is Working For LGBTs
By: Sylvia Mathews Burwell/HHS Secretary Every day here at HHS, we work hard to ensure that all Americans have the building blocks to lead healthy…
What Obamacare Means to LGBT Americans, Others
By: Matthew Heinz, MD/Director of Provider & LGBT Outreach— The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has a longstanding and deep commitment to advancing…
Supreme Court: Another LGBT Month of ‘Major Moments’
By: Lisa Keen/Keen News Service June is the final month of the U.S. Supreme Court’s current session and, while anticipation is not nearly so great…
Report Calls for Law Enforcement Reform Policy Dealing with LGBT people & People Living with HIV
Plus, watchdog group finds that media underreports major HIV news. By: Eric Brus* A new report from Columbia Law finds that policy changes are needed…