Posted on 06/14/2020 1:35:12 PM PDT by lightman
Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and cabinet members of his health and human services agencies collectively condemned the Trump Administrations revoking of protections for equal access to healthcare because of their sexual orientation or gender identity in a Sunday press release.
The Obama-era Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) previously secured the right.
This rule flies in the face of every policy and protection my administration has put in place, Wolf said.
Wolf said the action will put the LGBTQ community at greater risk and is especially egregious since it came during a pandemic and on the anniversary of the Pulse nightclub mass shooting.
Wolf added, Changing an Affordable Care Act rule that includes provisions for non-discrimination based on sex to include only male and female genders is another attempt to dismantle the ACA and put our LGBTQ communitys well-being at greater risk by trying to delegitimize this vulnerable population.
Secretary of Health Dr. Rachel Levine called the action unconscionable.
These actions not only put the LGBTQ community at risk, they put our entire health care system in jeopardy. These continuous attacks on the rights of transgender Americans must stop, Levine said. Gov. Wolf has shown that protecting the rights of all Pennsylvanians is essential to our continued success and prosperity the federal government should do the same.
Pennsylvania Department of Human Services secretary, Teresa Miller, said this decision will exacerbate health problems LGBTQ individuals are facing.
By ending specific non-discrimination requirements for health services, the Trump Administration is allowing for medical professionals to deny vital, life-saving services and could result in health care that is ineffective or inappropriate for LGBTQ and other vulnerable individuals, Miller said.
As Michael Savage said, liberalism is a mental disorder.
If a dude pretends to be a woman, you are required to pretend with him.
Somehow its Un-American for the census to count how many Americans are in America.
Russians influencing our elections are bad, but illegals voting in our elections are good.
It was cool for Joe Biden to "blackmail" the President of Ukraine, but its an impeachable offense if Donald Trump inquires about it.
Twenty is too young to drink a beer, but eighteen is old enough to vote.
People who have never owned slaves should pay slavery reparations to people who have never been slaves.
Inflammatory rhetoric is outrageous, but harassing people in restaurants is virtuous.
People who have never been to college should pay the debts of college students who took out huge loans for their degrees.
Immigrants with tuberculosis and polio are welcome, but youd better be able to prove your dog is vaccinated.
Irish doctors and German engineers who want to immigrate must go through a rigorous vetting process, but any illiterate Gang Bangers who jump the southern fence are welcome.
$5 billion for border security is too expensive, but $1.5 trillion for free health care for the illegals is not.
If you cheat to get into college you go to prison, but if you cheat to get into the country you go to college for free.
People who say there is no such thing as gender are demanding a female President.
We see other countries going Socialist and collapsing, but it seems like a great plan to us.
Some people are held responsible for things that happened before they were born, and other people are not held responsible for what they are doing right now.
Criminals are catch-and-released to hurt more people, but stopping them is bad because it's a violation of THEIR rights.
And pointing out all this hypocrisy somehow makes us "racists"?!
Bfl
Screw you, Wolf, and the mentally confused, completely unqualified Health Secretary you keep company with.
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For people who always want us to respect the science they don't seem to follow their own advice.
Science and “science” are two different things.
Leftists “believe” in “science.”
Nobody has to believe in science, because either it proves it is accurate or it admits it is inconclusive or inaccurate.
Science is the “religion” of the left. More like a cult. They pick and choose studies that fit their cult narrative.
Yes, exactly.
Sorry Tommy and Tranny, but you don’t have any power on LGBT issue nationwide...
Horsesht. This is the same canard that started the civil war. Federalizing and nationalizing health care is not synonymous with gay care... quite the opposite in fact given the death panels...
As a result of the rule that HHS released today, that regulation has been reversed and sex once again refers only to biological sex, as was intended in the statute.
In December 2016, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas enjoined Section 1557s prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of gender identity and termination of pregnancy. Last fall, the same federal judge vacated the rule, saying that it violated the Administrative Procedure Act and the federal Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
As a result of these rulings, HHS no longer could enforce the Obama-era provision, and todays new rule brings federal policy into compliance with court rulings.
Media CONVENIENTLY leave out 1 very important piece in story about Trump overturning Obama-era protections for transgender people
But what do you think of the main point of that post? Do you agree that the Governor of Pennsylvania should cut off his own off his own Pencil-veiner, to show his complete, unswerving support for his transgender Pennsylvania Secretary of State?
Great pun!
The Wolf is howling because he is a cornered and weighs as much as a lame duck...
...so I don’t see a point in cutting off his Penncil-viener because it won’t erase the memory of three months of pressers with the she/he/it...
...but the picture I posted goes a long way toward long-term recovery.
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