Biden Admin Proposes Restoring Obama-Era LGBT Health Care Non-Discrimination Rule

Biden Admin Proposes Restoring Obama-Era LGBT Health Care Non-Discrimination Rule
Health Secretary Xavier Becerra speaks at the HHS headquarters in Washington on June 28, 2022. Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images
Caden Pearson
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The Biden administration on Monday announced that it is looking to restore an Obama-era health care non-discrimination rule that interpreted “sex” to mean sexual identity or gender.

The proposed U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule would implement Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which “prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, age, and disability in certain health programs and activities.”