Government Says ACA Permits Rule Lacking LGBTQ Protections

Mealey's (July 27, 2020, 2:22 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) does not require that a rule governing discrimination in the provision of health care include gender identity and sex stereotyping, government defendants tell a federal judge in a July 24 motion opposing a preliminary injunction (Whitman-Walker Clinic, et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, et al., No. 20-1630, D. D.C.)....