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LGBT Older Adults and Health Disparities
![]() September 2010 | Services & Advocacy for GLBT Elders (SAGE), Movement Advancement Project (MAP)
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![]() ![]() LGBT older adults experience health disparities across four general areas: access to health care, HIV/AIDS, mental health, and chronic physical conditions. Additionally, extra taxation on retiree health insurance benefits means that many LGBT elders simply cannot afford to receive retiree health insurance. This is especially problematic given that LGBT older adults face a wide range of physical health disparities that are generally unaddressed by governments or health care providers. One of eleven issue briefs based on the SAGE/MAP report Improving the Lives of LGBT Older Adults. ![]() |
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