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By John Kuroski | Edited By Savannah Cox

Published September 7, 2015

Updated September 14, 2015

Obamacare Proposal Calls For Transgender Protection

Transgender healthcare discrimination status by state, as of January 2015. Image Source: National Center for Transgender Equality

Obamacare is indeed working, but that doesn’t mean the program is without its flaws. Recently, a newly proposed Obamacare provision seeks to address one of those flaws: discriminatory healthcare practices.

The new rule states that no government provider nor any insurer who operates in the Obamacare exchange marketplace can market or design their benefits in a way that discriminates on the bases of race, age, sex, disability, or gender identity.

One of the most acutely suffering groups when it comes to discrimination in healthcare has long been transgender people, for whom the new rule would finally offer some protection. Obamacare representatives were sure to point out the new rule would not require that any particular service be provided, just that insurers use nondiscriminatory criteria in determining the services they cover. For more of the specifics, visit CNBC.

5 Events To Know About This Week

Image Source: trendsandtolstoy.com

September 8, 1504: Michelangelo unveils his marble statue of David in Florence.

This engraved, hand-colored map by Baptista Boazio depicts Sir Francis Drake’s attack on Saint Augustine on May 28-29, 1586. Boazio’s map is the earliest engraving of any city or territory now part of the United States. Image Source: www.wdl.org

September 8, 1565: Spanish explorers found St. Augustine, Florida, the first permanent European settlement in what is now the United States.

The Second Continental Congress, as painted by John Trumbull. Image Source: www.history.com

September 9, 1776: The term “United States” is adopted by the Continental Congress to be used instead of the “United Colonies.”

The Rolling Stones On The Ed Sullivan Show (Oct. 25, 1964)

The Rolling Stones on The Ed Sullivan Show (NB: from 1964). Image Source: NPO Radio 2

September 11, 1966: The Rolling Stones perform on the Ed Sullivan Show

A firefighter stands among the wreckage at the World Trade Center. Image Source: The Bully Pulpit

September 11, 2001: 19 terrorists hijack four planes in the United States, resulting in the deaths of 2,996 people.

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John Kuroski is the editorial director of All That's Interesting. He graduated from New York University with a degree in history, earning a place in the Phi Alpha Theta honor society for history students. An editor at All That's Interesting since 2015, his areas of interest include modern history and true crime.

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Savannah Cox holds a Master's in International Affairs from The New School as well as a PhD from the University of California, Berkeley, and now serves as an Assistant Professor at the University of Sheffield. Her work as a writer has also appeared on DNAinfo.

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Kuroski, John. "Your World This Week, Volume XII." AllThatsInteresting.com, September 7, 2015, https://allthatsinteresting.com/your-world-this-week-volume-xii. Accessed February 5, 2025.