Mike Pence is laying the groundwork for a 2024 run despite having no chance in hell of winning
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Mike Pence aide savages Matt Gaetz, offers bleak prediction for his future
Mike Pence aide savages Matt Gaetz, offers bleak prediction for his future
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Mike Pence reveals what he would say if his child came out as gay
Mike Pence reveals what he would say if his child came out as gay
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Three Things LGBTQ People Should Know As Open Enrollment Begins
Three Things LGBTQ People Should Know As Open Enrollment Begins
Today marks the beginning of the open enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act, which runs from November 1 through December 15. If you don’t have insurance through your job, Medicare, Medicaid or another source, then you’ll want to sign-up for health coverage through the ACA.
The ACA provides unprecedented federal protections for countless Americans, including LGBTQ people, who faced discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity before the law’s implementation.
Despite the countless efforts by Donald Trump, Mike Pence and Republican leadership in Congress, the ACA still remains the law of the land.
Here are three things LGBTQ people should know about why it matters to get covered:
1. Under the Affordable Care Act, state marketplaces, health plans and their employees are prohibited from discriminating against LGBTQ people. And insurers can’t charge more if you have a pre-existing condition, such as HIV or cancer.
2. Access to affordable health insurance not only provides access to care, but can help address health disparities that currently exist in the LGBTQ community and provide critical preventative care.
3. The ACA has greatly expanded transition-related health care coverage even to people who are not in ACA marketplace plans. For example, insurers cannot limit or deny coverage for services used for gender transition when those services would normally be covered when treating a non-transition related health condition. Furthermore, the Affordable Care Act requires plans to provide all sex-specific preventative services available that are medically appropriate. This means that under the ACA a plan can’t limit a preventative service like a pap smear, mammogram or prostate exam, based on an individual’s sex assigned at birth, gender identity or their recorded gender.
Learn more about open enrollment here. Note: six states and Washington, D.C., have extended open enrollment beyond Dec. 15. Check with your state marketplace for details.
Even if you have insurance, talk with your friends and family who don’t and make sure they get the information they need to get covered.
Don’t wait; head to healthcare.gov today!
HRC President to Congress: Anti-LGBTQ Housing Discrimination is “Morally Bankrupt”
HRC President to Congress: Anti-LGBTQ Housing Discrimination is “Morally Bankrupt”
Today, Alphonso David, the President of the HRC, testified in a hearing before the House Financial Services Committee’s Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee on anti-LGBTQ discrimination in housing and lending. The hearing also addressed the inhumane and unprecedented attacks on transgender people by HUD Secretary Ben Carson.
HRC President Alphonso David said:
No one should be turned away from an apartment, kicked out of their home, or sent back to the street simply because of who they are or whom they love. LGBTQ people and our families demand fair and equal access to housing opportunities. We want affordable homes, we want quality schools, and we want to feel safe when we lay our heads down at night. These are simple things, but without them the right to fully participate and contribute to our communities as equal members is simply out of reach. Discrimination continues to persist and, for an agency that purports to ensure housing for all, it is illogical and frankly morally bankrupt to harm those in our community who are often closest to the edges. Explicit, federal protections in statute are critical to end discrimination. That is why we need the Equality Act.
On any given day, as many as 10,000 LGBTQ young people do not have a safe place to sleep. In some U.S. cities, 30% of the homeless adult population is LGBTQ. The faces behind these numbers reflect our community’s most vulnerable—our youth, our transgender siblings, and people living with HIV. LGBTQ people face discrimination and rejection in every area of life– at school, at work, and at home. Distressingly, the weight of this discrimination falls disproportionately on the shoulders of LGBTQ people who are Black and Brown.
Last month, Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), made horrific anti-transgender comments at a closed meeting of agency personnel that shocked many staff members and compelled one to walk out during his remarks. Under the leadership of Donald Trump and Mike Pence, Carson’s agency has published potential changes that would severely undermine existing protections for transgender people. If this proposed rule is published in its current form, federally-funded emergency shelters would be empowered to turn away transgender people who are homeless or displaced.