How to Battle Biden’s Regulatory Leviathan and Win
(Even on LGBT Issues)
Roger Severino National Review Online
It seems like every other week, a new gender-identity announcement has come out of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). See here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here. This flood was expected after President Biden appointed a leftist, Xavier Becerra, as HHS Secretary and transgender-activist par excellence, Dr. Rachel (formerly Richard) Levine, as Assistant Secretary of Health. But a funny thing happened on the way to transforming HHS into the Department of Health and Gender Services. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), an HHS sub-agency, just abandoned its plans to force millions of people to pay for other people’s transgender treatments by declaring them “essential health benefits” under proposed Obamacare insurance regulations. You may be wondering how this surprising about face came to pass. It was because a dedicated coalition of advocates discovered this radical proposal to transform health care and used nothing but their knowledge and voices to block it.
EPPC Scholars Advocate Against Gender Ideology, Government “Misinformation”
This week, EPPC’s Mary Rice Hasson and Rachel N. Morrison met with federal government officials to discuss concerns over a proposal by the Department of Veterans’ Affairs (VA) to remove the current exclusion for “gender alterations” from its medical benefits package. EPPC scholars objected to the VA’s characterization that such care is “medically necessary” and that it is “consistent with medical industry standards.” Read More
Also this week, EPPC’s David Gortler and Rachel N. Morrison submitted comment in response to a request for information by the Department of Health and Human Services on the impact and prevalence of “health misinformation” during the COVID-19 pandemic. The EPPC scholars’ comment details numerous ways that federal government agencies and officials—including the Centers for Disease Control, Food and Drug Administration, the White House, and Dr. Anthony Fauci—were purveyors of COVID-19 misinformation, leading to distrust in the government and health care systems and providers, and curtailing the ability of medical professionals to provide quality and lifesaving care to their patients. Read More
APPEARANCES
Mary FioRito appeared on Chicago’s Morning Answer with host Dan Proft to discuss the leaked Dobbs opinion, its implications for the forthcoming decision and the midterm elections this November, and what overturning Roe would mean for abortion laws throughout the country.
EPPC Fellow Patrick T. Brown appeared on Marketplace with host Stephanie Hughes to promote pro-family economic policy in light of a potential overturning of Roe v. Wade.
EPPC Visiting Fellow Alexandra DeSanctis took part in a National Catholic Register roundtable on the implications of the Supreme Court’s leaked draft that would strike down Roe v. Wade.
TODAY at 2 pm eastern, EPPC President Ryan T. Anderson will join Kathleen Wilson and Carrie Severino for a special virtual event on the Dobbs leak moderated by NRI senior fellow Kathryn Jean Lopez. The panelists will discuss the implications for the Court and for its decision and suggest more pro-life people should be doing to prepare for the final decision this summer.
