Judge Stays Sex Transformation ACA Case While Awaiting Supreme Court Opinion

Mealey's (December 8, 2016, 2:18 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A federal judge in California on Dec. 6 stayed a transgendered individual’s action alleging discrimination under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), citing the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision to wade into the question of whether Title IX’s prohibition on sex-based discrimination covers gender identity (Josef Robinson v. Dignity Health d/b/a Chandler Regional Medical Center, No. 16-3035, N.D. Calif.; 2016 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168613)....