by | Oct 6, 2022 | Advocacy, Advocacy News
On October 3, NRB filed a public comment on a proposed rule by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) interpreting Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which concerns “nondiscrimination in health programs and activities.” Read NRB’s previous...
by | Aug 18, 2022 | Advocacy, Advocacy News
A proposed rule from the Biden Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeks to remove healthcare providers’ right to determine what is “clinically appropriate” treatment if it runs afoul of a new, expansive definition of “discrimination on the basis of sex.” In...
by NRB | Feb 18, 2021 | Advocacy
Two Senate committees will hold hearings next week on President Biden’s nomination of Xavier Becerra to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. The Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions will consider Becerra’s nomination on Feb. 23, followed...
by | Dec 11, 2020 | Advocacy
President-elect Joe Biden has indicated he will choose Xavier Becerra, Democratic attorney general of California, as his nominee for Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. This nomination came as a surprise to many and elicited intense concern from...
