LGBT Health Discrimination Rule Blocked by Federal Judge (1)

A federal district judge blocked the HHS from allowing health-care providers and insurers to discriminate against LGBT people.

Judge Frederick Block of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York halted the Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing a rule that stripped gender identity and sex stereotyping from anti-discrimination protections under the Affordable Care Act. The order came late Monday, a day before the new rule was set to take effect.

The proposed rules are contrary to the U.S. Supreme Court’s holding in Bostock v. Clayton County, Ga. and HHS acted arbitrarily and ...