Judge Widens Damages, Narrows Testimony In ACA Transgender Exclusion Case

Mealey's (October 11, 2018, 12:20 PM EDT) -- MADISON, Wis. — Two transgender individuals may seek damages for psychological pain and suffering they experienced from the alleged blanket discrimination in the form of a health plan’s exclusion for gender confirmation surgery, while the defendants’ past positions limit them to evidence that third-party insurers may have not have found the procedure medically necessary, a Wisconsin federal judge overseeing a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) discrimination case held Oct. 8 (Alina Boyden and Shannon Andrews v. Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds, et al., No. 17-264, W.D. Wis.)....