Words banned at multiple HHS agencies include 'diversity' and 'vulnerable'

[Eugene]

Source: Washington Post

Words banned at multiple HHS agencies include ‘diversity’ and ‘vulnerable’

By Lena H. Sun and Juliet Eilperin December 16 at 7:00 PM

The Trump administration has informed multiple divisions within the Department of Health and Human Services that they should avoid using certain words or phrases in official documents being drafted for next year’s budget.

Officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which is part of HHS, were given a list of seven prohibited words or phrases during a meeting Thursday with senior CDC officials who oversee the budget. The words to avoid: “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence-based” and “science-based.”

A second HHS agency received similar guidance to avoid using “entitlement,” “diversity” and “vulnerable,” according to an official who took part in a briefing earlier in the week. Participants at that agency were also told to use “Obamacare” instead of ACA, or the Affordable Care Act, and to use “exchanges” instead of “marketplaces” to describe the venues where people can purchase health insurance.

At the State Department, meanwhile, certain documents now refer to sex education as “sexual risk avoidance.”

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Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/words-banned-at-multiple-hhs-agencies-include-diversity-and-vulnerable/2017/12/16/9fa09250-e29d-11e7-8679-a9728984779c_story.html

[pangaia]

1. I just hope SOMEBODY somewhere

is keeping track of all the shit being pulled.. so if we ever get the chance to fix things, we have a list of WHAT to fix..

[Sneederbunk]

2. Also, facts, truth, idiot, moron and Dotard.