Insurer Says Women Received ACA-Mandated Lactation Services

Mealey's (July 18, 2019, 12:39 PM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — Two women received cost-free in-network lactation services in the hospital when they gave birth and incurred costs they claim should be covered under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) only later when they independently sought out-of-network care, an insurer tells the Eighth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a July 16 brief (Jillian York, et al. v. Wellmark Inc., et al., No. 19-1705, 8th Cir.)....