Judge Excludes ACA Coverage Evidence From Malpractice Trial

(February 1, 2017, 9:07 AM EST) -- PITTSBURGH — Evidence regarding the availability of insurance coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) cannot be used in a trial against a doctor and hospital accused of medical malpractice under the collateral source rule, a federal judge in Pennsylvania said Jan. 13 (Nicole Welker, et al. v. Thomas A. Carnevale, M.D., and Clearfield Hospital, No. 14-149, W.D. Pa.; 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 5218)....

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