The Department of Health and Human Services on Monday announced that it will protect against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity in health care, reversing a Trump-era policy. The move affirms that federal laws forbidding sex discrimination in health care also protect gay and transgender people. "It is the position of the Department of Health and Human Services that everyone – including LGBTQ people - should be able to access health care, free from discrimination or interference, period." In 2020, Trump's HHS finalized a regulation that overturned Obama-era protections for transgender people against sex discrimination in health care. HHS warned that "discrimination in health care impacts health outcomes," citing research which shows "one quarter of LGBTQ people who faced discrimination postponed or avoided receiving needed medical care for fear of further discrimination."

Source: Fox News May 10, 2021 14:03 UTC