Patient protection and affordable care act articles
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Biden administration restores protections for gay and transgender Americans seeking health care
By Avery Lotz, CNN (CNN) — The Biden administration announced a new rule Friday expanding safeguards against potential discrimination of gay and transgender Americans seeking medical care, in a reversal of Trump-era limitations that nixed federal health protections for members of the LGBTQ+ community. In a set of expansive new rules unveiled by the Department of Health and Human Services, the department moved to
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What’s EMTALA, the patient protection law at the center of Supreme Court abortion arguments?
The Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday in a case that could determine whether doctors can provide abortions to pregnant women with medical emergencies in states that enact abortion bans. The Justice Department has sued Idaho over its abortion law, which allows a woman to get an abortion only when her life, not her health, is at risk. The Idaho law has raised questions about when a doctor is able to provide the stabilizing treatment federal law requires. The federal law is called the...
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Pro-life hospice group launches 'Do Not Euthanize' registry to protect Canadians patients
Angelina Ireland, executive director of the Delta Hospice Society, told LifeSiteNews that as of May 1, Canadians can visit their website and sign up for their Do Not Euthanize registry to protect themselves from premature death.