Employer Can’t Escape Mother’s ACA Suit Over Gender Dysphoria

Mealey's (September 24, 2018, 1:57 PM EDT) -- MINNEAPOLIS — An employer and third-party administrator cannot escape a former employee’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) lawsuit claiming that they discriminated against her son by denying coverage for gender reassignment surgery, a federal judge in Minnesota held Sept. 20 (Brittany R. Tovar v. Essentia Health, Innovis Health LLC d/b/a Essentia Health West and HealthPartners Inc., No. 16-100, D. Minn.)....