Category: Press Releases

National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund To Join Rally to #ProtectOurCare in DC at 5PM ET WASHINGTON, DC, July 26, 2017: Yesterday, 50 Senators and Vice President Pence as the 51st vote pulled a fast one on the public by making a key procedural vote to move forward on a ‘mystery bill’ intended to repeal the Affordable Care Act…

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 18, 2017—U.S. Senators Moran and Lee have refused to vote on the so-called Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), erasing the Republican party’s hope of gaining 50 votes in favor, and effectively ending the third attempt to repeal the Affordable Care Act (ACA). If passed, the bill would have destabilized the insurance market,…

WASHINGTON, DC, July 12. 2017—Yesterday evening, Rep. Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) proposed an amendment to the National Defense Reauthorization Act that would ban transgender service members and their families from receiving transition-related medical care from military health services. In response, the National LGBTQ Task Force Action Fund has released the following statement: “This amendment is an unconscionable…

WASHINGTON, D.C., June 22, 2017—Today, the United States (U.S.) Senate made public the so-called Better Care Reconciliation Act (H.R. 1628). If passed, the bill would take away health insurance from millions of people, including lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) people. While the full extent of its harm is not yet known because the…

WASHINGTON, DC, May 4, 2017—Today, the Republican-led U.S. House of Representatives passed the hastily concocted Trumpcare, the so-called American Health Care Act (AHCA), which seeks to repeal the landmark Affordable Care Act (ACA). If enacted, the bill could eliminate quality affordable health care for millions of people. In addition to today’s House vote to repeal the ACA, yesterday, the Department of…