The Department of Health and Human Services is facing a new legal challenge from 15 states over a federal rule prohibiting health-care discrimination against transgender people.
The lawsuit was announced by Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti’s office. Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch is likewise part of the “multi-state lawsuit” against the HHS over the rule, which blocks discrimination over people’s sexual orientation and gender identity.
The lawsuit, filed Thursday in US District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, joins two others filed in recent weeks over the HHS’ rule on Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act. Skrmetti’s office ...
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