Medicare removes sexual orientation, gender identity questions from enrollment forms

The U.S. agency that oversees Medicare is taking out questions on enrollment application forms that ask people about their sexual orientation and gender identity. 

In response to President Trump’s executive order requiring federal agencies to scrub references to “gender ideology,” the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “will be removing the voluntary Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification (SOGI) questions” from certain forms, according to an email the agency sent to health insurance companies on Wednesday. 

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