Judge Allows Portions Of ACA Lactation Coverage Suit To Proceed

Mealey's (September 11, 2017, 1:59 PM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — A pair of women may continue with their class action lawsuit claiming that their insurer violated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) by charging for lactation consultation services, but nothing in the Employee Retirement Income Security Act requires insurers to list such providers separately, and the sex discrimination claims fail as well, a federal judge in Iowa held Sept. 6 (Jillian York, et al. v. Wellmark Inc., et al., No. 16-627, S.D. Iowa)....