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No LGBT language in Baucus health bill Activists look to House for gay-specific

Started by Shana A, September 18, 2009, 01:40:41 PM

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September 18, 2009, 01:40:41 PM

No LGBT language in Baucus health bill
Activists look to House for gay-specific provisions

By CHRIS JOHNSON, Washington Blade
Sep 16 2009, 4:40 PM

http://www.washblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=27238

The version of health care reform legislation made public today by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.) contains no LGBT-specific language, unlike similar bills in the House, according to the Human Rights Campaign.

Baucus, chair of the Senate Finance Committee, unveiled on Wednesday his mark of his committee's version of the health care reform legislation. The mark was produced by the "Gang of Six," a group of three Democrats and three Republicans who worked toward producing a bipartisan health care reform bill.

But Allison Herwitt, HRC's legislative director, said in a statement that Baucus' legislation lacks language that would specifically address the needs of LGBT people.
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