Tag: health care
Salford LGBT Older People’s Care Survey
The Care Quality Commission (CQC), through the support of the National LGB&T Partnership, would like to build a picture of the quality of health and care services in the Salford area.
TLDEF Applauds Obama Administration for Efforts to Ban Transgender Health Care Discrimination Across U.S.
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) applauds the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) proposed regulation to prohibit health care discrimination against transgender Americans. If adopted, the Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities rule would prohibit discrimination against transgender people in all health care facilities that receive HHS funds and ban the widespread insurance industry practice of excluding coverage for transgender health care in all plans sold by insurance companies that participate in health insurance exchanges.
TLDEF Challenges Discriminatory Health Insurance Coverage Denial
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund (TLDEF) has demanded that Aetna Life Insurance Company reverse its decision to deny coverage for a Colorado transgender woman’s medically necessary gender reassignment surgery.
One in 10 health and social care workers have witnessed colleague declare belief in a ‘gay cure’
One in 10 health and social care workers say they have witnessed a fellow worker expressing their belief in the ability to “cure” lesbians, gays and bisexuals, according to a YouGov survey conducted for the LGBT charity Stonewall.
Victory! Nevada Orders Health Insurance Companies to Cover Transgender Health Care
The Transgender Legal Defense & Education Fund applauds the state of Nevada for ordering health insurance companies to provide coverage to transgender people for all medically necessary health care services, including transition-related care.
HRC Arkansas Announces LGBT-Focused Health Summit
Today, HRC Arkansas announced that it will host a statewide health conference focused on addressing the needs of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) Arkansans.