LGBT health care provisions hanging even more tenuously now

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LGBT health care provisions hanging even more tenuously now
The Bilerico Project
Filed by: Alex Blaze
February 24, 2010 3:00 PM


http://www.bilerico.com/2010/02/lgbt_health_care_provisions_hanging_even_more_tenu.php


"Most LGBT and HIV activists had supported the House bill because it included key LGBT specific provisions, including provisions. In addition to the data collection, it prohibited discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity in the provision of health care; enabled people with HIV and low incomes to obtain Medicare coverage earlier in the course of their illness; and eliminated the tax that gay employees must pay if their same-sex partners or spouses receive health coverage from their employers' plan. Straight employees don't pay that tax but, for gay couples, the coverage is characterized by the federal government as additional income for the gay employee."