3 Class Actions Filed Seeking Coverage For Maternity Expenses

Mealey's (November 9, 2016, 11:18 AM EST) -- Three class action complaints were filed in recent weeks alleging that health benefit providers who are fiduciaries as defined in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act are obligated to administer plan benefits in accordance with the terms of plan documents and applicable law and cover maternity-related expenses such as breastfeeding (Laura Briscoe, et al. v. Health Care Service Corp., et al., No. 1:16-cv-10294, N.D. Ill.; Jance Hoy, et al. v. United Healthcare Services Inc., No. 2:16-cv-05579, E.D. Pa.; Lindsay Ferrer, et al. v. Carefirst Inc., et al., No. 1:16-cv-02162, D. D.C.)....