Accessing Information on Medicare Benefits for LGBT People The ever-evolving legal rights and Medicare benefits that affect lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) individuals and married couples can be challenging to follow. This resource document provides links to organizations providing relevant information: ACLU Transgender People and Healthcare www.aclu.org/issues/lgbt-rights/transgender-rights/ transgender-people-and-health-care
Medicare Rights Center Consumer Fact Sheets www.medicarerights.org/resources/consumer-factsheets
Center for Medicare Advocacy LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) Persons & Health: Available Resources www.medicareadvocacy.org/medicare-info/lesbiangay-bisexual-and-transgender-lgbt-seniors/#orgs
National Center for Lesbian Rights Healthcare www.nclrights.org/our-work/healthcare/
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services Office of Minority Health www.cms.gov/about-cms/agency-information/omh/ index.html Special Populations Help marketplace.cms.gov/technical-assistanceresources/special-populations-help.html Human Rights Campaign Health & Aging www.hrc.org/explore/topic/health-and-aging
National Center for Transgender Equality Know Your Rights – Healthcare www.transequality.org/know-your-rights/healthcare National Resource Center on LGBT Aging www.lgbtagingcenter.org Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders Medicare Fraud www.sageusa.org/issues/smps.cfm Transgender Law Center Medicare Update http://transgenderlawcenter.org/archives/3839
Lambda Legal After DOMA: Medicare Spousal Protections http://www.lambdalegal.org/publications/afterdoma-medicare
SAGE’s Senior Medicare Patrol and State Health Insurance Assistance Program LGBT Beneficiary Project is funded by the Administration on Aging (Grant # 90SM0016-01-0).