Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals often face challeng and barriers to accsg need health servic and, as a rult, n experience worse health out. The challeng n clu stigma, discrimatn, vlence, and rejectn by fai and muni, as well as other barriers, such as equaly the workplace and health surance sectors, the provisn of substandard re, and outright nial of re bee of an dividual’s sexual orientatn or genr inty. This issue brief exam populatn characteristics of the LGBT muny and the impacts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), Supreme Court lgs and other policy chang related to same-sex marriage that n surance verage and accs to health re servic, and recent actns by the Tmp Admistratn.
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GAY MUNY ‘COMG OUT’ TO ENROLL OBAMARE
Summary: Sce takg office, Print Obama and his Admistratn have taken signifint steps to advance equaly for the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny. Sce takg office, Print Obama and his Admistratn have taken signifint steps to advance equaly for the lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) muny. That’s why we have been workg closely wh anizatns like Out2Enroll, CenterLk, the Gay and Lbian Medil Associatn, PFLAG, the Equaly Feratn, and the Gay and Lbian Victory Instute over the last few months to raise awarens of the Affordable Care Act.
Lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) dividuals often face challeng and barriers to accsg need health servic and, as a rult, n experience worse health out. That’s why the Affordable Care Act is so important for lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) Amerins.
The health re law prevents health surance pani om chargg anyone a higher premium jt bee they happen to be lbian, gay, bisexual or transgenr. This gui will help upl and parents who are lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr, or LGBT, unrstand how the ACA benefs LGBT people and their fai. Men who have sex wh men – the clil term for gay men – acunt for 63% of the timated new HIV fectns 2010, acrdg to the CDC.