Posted on 12/04/2013 3:41:11 PM PST by ilovesarah2012
On Monday, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said that Obamacare will place a special focus on members of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered community because "for too long...[they] were pushed to the side," Paul Bedard reported at the Washington Examiner.
"LGBT individuals have faced limited access to health care and insurance. They have been less likely to get the preventive care they need to stay healthy, they have higher rates of tobacco use, and they are often at increased risk for mental health illness," she said.
To counter this, the administration is drawing attention to new benefits under Obamacare targeted to gays, Bedard said, and will add gender status to health surveys and questionnaires critical in determining services under Obamacare.
"Like all Americans, LGBT Americans deserve respectful health care providers and the security of accessible, affordable health care that meets their needs," Sebelius said.
The announcement coincides with Obama's proclamation of June as LGBT Pride Month.
"As we observe LGBT Pride Month, I am pleased to say that the Department of Health and Human Services continues working hard to make this a reality for the LGBT community," she added.
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America is sinking fast. God help us.
Re-writing the law as they go along. The law is what they say it is.
Yes America is sinking fast. Time to finalize the short list of places to retreat to.
Homosexual men have much more wealth and disposable income - on average - than do straight men or families.
For the list.
Well, there you go.
If ordinary insurance principles were applied, gay men would pay significantly higher premiums, to reflect risks inherent in their ‘lifestyle’.
At risk? Homosexuality is a mental illness.
Our grandparents would already be in the streets.
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- All this for a damn fag?
At least she admits it. I am really grief-stricken at what has happened to America.
“Fag” is ambiguous. It’s about the govt evangelizing anal sex.
I have heard, but don’t know, that O-Care will levy huge penalties on smokers and will not cover some things that are deemed related.
So will O’Care levy huge penalties on gays who got AIDS?
“they have higher rates of tobacco use, and they are often at increased risk for mental health illness,”
Then why the HELL are you promoting homosexuality? This is INSANE! They admit its bad for you, yet they demand you affirm it as good!
A high-ranking government official states in a public venue that the Affordable Care act will invidiously discriminate in favor of one discrete, insular group and against the majority, average Americans.
I would say this is extraordinary and shocking for this country, but for this administration it is just more of what we have come to expect, so we are no longer outraged.
Honestly, if he isn’t homosexual, he should be.
I wonder how many homosexuals are members of this administration.
Some pigs are more equal than others.
“Take that, you nasty old right wing Conservative!”
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