Judge James Boasberg Lisa Keen | Keen News Servicelisakeen@mac.com A federal judge in Washington, D.C., indicated Monday, April 3, he is not likely to grant an injunction to stop a Trump administration change in rules that will eliminate non-discrimination protections for LGBT people.
In an hour-long hearing conducted by telephone Monday, lawyers for several health providers serving the LGBT community argued that a new rule set to take effect Aug.
18 eliminates the non-discrimination language in Obama administration regulations. The regulations pertain to how the Affordable Care Act is to be implemented.
The ACA was enacted in 2011 under President Obama. Five years later, the Obama administration issued revised regulations stating that