CONNECTING WITH COVERAGE: LGBT COMMUNITIES AND THE ACA

=?=? 9 Million LGBT Americans Source: The Williams Institute

Examples of LGBT Health Disparities Tobacco use Depression Breast cancer Experiences of violence HIV/AIDS infection Insurance coverage Source: The Health of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People (Institute of Medicine, 2011), Healthy People 2020

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Coverage for Low/Middle-Income LGBT Among LGBT people with annual incomes under 400% FPL Source: Center for American Progress

Among LGBT people with annual incomes under 400% FPL Source: Center for American Progress

Among LGBT people with annual incomes under 400% FPL Source: Center for American Progress Non-LGBT population

“I don’t have insurance…and I’m somewhat un- hireable in a lot of ways, so it’s hard to find a job, a decent job that has insurance.” “Nobody wanted to talk about it…we got the runaround for at least three or four months. So finally I was like, okay, you know what? I’m fine, I’m living, I’m not dying, I’ll survive, we’ll figure out something else later. You kind of give up.” “We [LGBT people] are the group that they don’t talk about. Or the group that they don’t want to talk about.” Among LGBT people with annual incomes under 400% FPL Source: Center for American Progress

LGBT State Exchanges Project Launched at the Center for American Progress in Jan Mission: To ensure that new coverage options under the ACA are accessible to LGBT individuals and their families.

But LGBT people don’t know about their new coverage options. Knows about the mandate:Knows about new coverage options: 64% 29% Among LGBT people with annual incomes under 400% FPL Source: Center for American Progress

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Our mission: To educate LGBT community members about their new coverage options under the ACA. Federal Agencies Project

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Source: The White House, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Source: Health Care for All NY

Don’t make assumptions about applicants: Gender or gender identity Preferred name or gender pronoun Sexual orientation Relationship status HIV/AIDS status Health services that the person may need When in doubt, politely ask rather than guessing. Simply apologize and move on in case of a mistake. Source: Adapted from the Center for American Progress and the LGBT Task Force of the New York State Healthcare for All New York Campaign “[Navigators] just have to be told very clearly…[you’re] not here to go, like, umm, oh, my God, what do I do? Just, this is the kind of person that will be calling in. A human.”

Thank you! Kellan Baker