Gay Rights The study looked athealth care access and overall health among LGBT groups and notedsignificant differences in the habits and needs of gay, lesbian andbisexual individuals. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Even if they have coverage, lesbian, gay and bisexual adults are morelikely to delay medical care than straight men and women.

So finds a policy brief from UCLA that looked at rates ofhealth care coverage in California, findingthat even though LGB adults in California have rates of healthinsurance coverage on par with or better than that of straight menand women in the state, they're more likely to postpone seeing the doctor when they needmedical care.

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Marlene Satter

Marlene Y. Satter has worked in and written about the financial industry for decades.

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