Janice Langbehn with a portrait of her late partner, Lisa Pond, at an event in 2007. President Obama called Langbehn when the new
healthcare directive was announced in April.

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Jackson Memorial Hospital scores well in treating gay patients

Three years after a lesbian complained she wasn't allowed to visit her dying partner at Jackson Memorial Hospital, the South Florida healthcare center now ranks high in how it responds to gay patients and families, according to a report released Monday by the national Human Rights Campaign.