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It states that a federal prohibition on sex discrimination, part of the Affordable Care Act health insurance law, extends to discrimination US judge blocks Biden rule adding gender identity ...
Senate File 2286, which has advanced to the Iowa Senate floor, would allow health care providers, along with insurance companies and administrative bodies, to refuse services to patients based on ...
A trip to the doctor’s office can be stressful, but many people of color in the US say they also expect to experience discrimination while seeking health care, according to a KFF Survey on ...
In the United States, 20% of Hispanic Americans report encountering discrimination in healthcare settings and 17% report avoiding seeking medical care due to expected discrimination. [19] Studies of Hispanic people living in the U.S. reveal that after experiencing an instance of discrimination in a healthcare setting they, afterward, delayed ...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Lawrence v.Texas (2003) held laws criminalizing consensual homosexual activity between adults unconstitutional. [1]In State v.Whiteley (2005), the North Carolina Court of Appeals ruled that the crime against nature statute, N.C. G.S. § 14-177, [2] is not unconstitutional on its face because it may properly be used to criminalize sexual conduct involving minors ...
Although the full economic impact of House Bill 2 on North Carolina's economy is largely unrealized and difficult to fully quantify, some early economic consequences have been noted. [34] As of September 2016, rough estimates put North Carolina's full economic loss due to the law at around 0.1% of the state's gross domestic product. [35]
On January 4, 2013, [25] North Carolina Governor-elect Pat McCrory swore in Aldona Wos as Secretary of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services. [25] At the time, NCDHHS had around 18,000 employees and a budget of around $18 billion. [26] Wos declined her $128,000 salary and was instead paid a token $1. [27]
A federal lawsuit filed Tuesday alleges that Republicans who control the North Carolina legislature drew discriminatory maps for congressional and state legislative districts by diluting the power ...