Democratic forum gives voice to fears about health care overhaul

During a June 3 forum on health care laws, one word was repeated often — fear.

“Fearful is putting it lightly,” said Jeremy Wallace, who volunteers for the local chapter of LGBT advocacy organization the Human Rights Campaign. “I have yet to meet someone from the LGBTQ community, specifically the trans community, who isn’t scared about the changes that could come.”

The Health Care Forum at UNLV, organized by Planned Parenthood and U.S. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., brought together diverse stakeholders, such as a gynecologist, an HIV outreach coordinator, a sex worker and a cancer patient. The event was aimed at those who feel threatened by what they know and what they don’t know about the proposed replacement of the Affordable Care Act with the American Health Care Act.

“As a woman, I’m tired of people in Washington telling me what I can and can’t do with my health care decisions and my body,” Cortez Masto said.

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