The Patient Protect and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act) was passed last year to enable millions of Americans to obtain health insurance. Starting on January 1, 2011, important provisions of the healthcare reform law will go into effect.
Important HIV/AIDS Prevention Study Included Transgender Women
Last week, NCTE focused on HIV/AIDS awareness for World AIDS Day. We recognize that we must focus on this issue year round because HIV/AIDS affects transgender people at disproportionate rates.
Transgender People and Breast Cancer
October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, a time dedicated to educating the public about breast cancer and raising money for research on the disease’s cause, prevention, and cure. What is breast cancer?
Your Right to Privacy When Paying For Medical Care Out-Of-Pocket
Under Section 13405 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), you now have the right to ask your healthcare provider to withhold your medical information from being shared with your health insurance company if you pay for medic