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Equal access to Obamacare for all Americans – including lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders.

It’s a tall order, but ensuring it happens is now part of the mission at the U.S. Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights. The agency is a nearly $40 million operation that historically has investigated discrimination charges against hospitals and other providers in cases that typically involved the disabled or minorities.


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