Wisconsin Representative Tammy Baldwin, although still attending the DNC LGBT Fundraiser, is stepping things up for us LGBT folks: Via The Advocate:
s Congress grapples with a plan to provide health care to more citizens, Rep. Tammy Baldwin introduced a bill that would ensure health care rights for all LGBT people.
Baldwin’s Ending Health Disparities for LGBT Americans Act would be the first comprehensive approach to establish nondiscrimination policies for all federal health programs, according to a statement released on Tuesday. It would also fund training for health care providers, extend Medicare benefits to domestic partners, create an office of LGBT Health within the Department of Health and Human Services, and fund local health centers that specialize in LGBT services.
“Our current health care system fails LGBT Americans on many levels,” Baldwin said.
Twitter Users: You can also leave a comment using your Twitter account by clicking the button below.