The word 'theoretically' is doing some damned heavy lifting there.

Care facilities around the U.S. routinely refuse to accept transgender patients, claiming other patients would feel “uncomfortable.” Elders are especially vulnerable, according to detailed reporting in The Atlantic. Federal health care regulations theoretically protect trans elders from discrimination, but patients like Marie often find enforcing those regulations difficult or impossible.

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