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Breaking News: Obama orders hospitals to grant same-sex couples visitation rights
President Obama signed an order Thursday night requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney.
The president ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. The memo is scheduled to be made public Friday morning, according to an administration official and another source familiar with the White House decision.
An official said the new rule will affect any hospital that receives Medicare or Medicaid funding.
From the Washington Post
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U. adds transgender insurance
Student Insurance Plan will now cover costs of gender-confirmation process up to $50,000
In the next academic year, the Penn Student Insurance Plan will begin offering a new benefit for transgender students - it will cover the cost of the gender confirmation process, also known as gender reassignment or transition.
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President Obama signed an order Thursday night requiring hospitals to allow gays and lesbians to have non-family visitors and to grant their partners medical power of attorney.
The president ordered the Department of Health and Human Services to prohibit discrimination in hospital visitation. The memo is scheduled to be made public Friday morning, according to an administration official and another source familiar with the White House decision.
An official said the new rule will affect any hospital that receives Medicare or Medicaid funding.
From the Washington Post
OH ALSO.
MY SCHOOL IS MORE AWESOME THAN YOUR SCHOOL.
U. adds transgender insurance
Student Insurance Plan will now cover costs of gender-confirmation process up to $50,000
In the next academic year, the Penn Student Insurance Plan will begin offering a new benefit for transgender students - it will cover the cost of the gender confirmation process, also known as gender reassignment or transition.
From here
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