Judge Denies Intervention Into Massachusetts’ Lawsuit Over ACA Contraceptive Rules

Mealey's (January 31, 2018, 2:17 PM EST) -- BOSTON — A religious college’s and anti-abortion group’s interests in defending newly issued rules expanding the exemptions to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate are adequately represented by the federal government, even though the parties fought protracted litigation over the very issue, a federal judge in Massachusetts said Jan. 29 (Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. United States Department of Health and Human Services, et al., No. 17-11930, D. Mass.)....