National Nurses United RNs condemn Trump administration rollback of critical health care protections for transgender patients

National Nurses United RNs condemn Trump administration rollback of critical health care protections for transgender patients

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June 16, 2020

The 155,000 registered nurse members of National Nurses United today condemned the Trump administration’s change of a rule that rolls back protections for our transgender patients against discrimination by health care providers, hospitals, and health insurance companies.

The rule, finalized June 12 by the Health and Human Services Administration, narrows the legal definition of sex discrimination so that an Affordable Care Act provision prohibiting such discrimination does not apply to gender identity.

National Nurses United
Jun 16, 2020

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