{"id":2528,"date":"2018-04-23T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/democrats.org\/blog\/2018\/04\/23\/trumps-health-care-sabotage-targets-vulnerable-communities\/"},"modified":"2018-04-23T17:24:00","modified_gmt":"2018-04-23T17:24:00","slug":"trumps-health-care-sabotage-targets-vulnerable-communities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/democrats.org\/news\/trumps-health-care-sabotage-targets-vulnerable-communities\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Health Care Sabotage Targets Vulnerable Communities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Trump&rsquo;s health care sabotage could already cause many Americans to lose access to care and the cost of insurance to increase.&nbsp;Now he&rsquo;s planning to reverse more health care protections, a decision that will &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trump-administration-health-care-transgender-native-american-ab15141a-d617-4da4-8cb3-3455164de629.html\">target two of the nation&rsquo;s most underrepresented and vulnerable communities<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Trump administration plans to reverse health care protections for transgender individuals and Native Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/trump-administration-health-care-transgender-native-american-ab15141a-d617-4da4-8cb3-3455164de629.html\">Axios<\/a>: &ldquo;<strong>The Trump administration has plans to reverse Obama-era health care rules that currently protect transgender individuals from discrimination and decades-old exemptions that shelter Native Americans from certain burdensome federal health requirements<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Trump&rsquo;s decision to promote<\/strong><strong> short-term insurance plans could result in higher costs and lead to more uninsured Americans.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left:.5in;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/healthcare\/384411-insurer-group-issues-warning-on-trump-admins-short-term-health-plan\">The Hill<\/a>: &ldquo;The nation&#39;s largest trade group for health insurance companies is sounding the alarm on a proposal from the Trump administration that would expand the sale of plans that cover fewer services. America&#39;s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) says <strong>the proposal could lead to more people being uninsured or underinsured and result in higher health-care costs in the long run<\/strong>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;Trump&rsquo;s health care sabotage could already cause many Americans to lose access to care and the cost of insurance to increase.&nbsp;Now he&rsquo;s planning to reverse more health care protections, a decision that will &ldquo;target two of the nation&rsquo;s most underrepresented and vulnerable communities.&rdquo; &nbsp; The Trump administration plans to reverse health care protections for transgender <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2528","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.0 - 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