Mealey's (May 28, 2020, 2:15 PM EDT) -- HARTFORD, Conn. — The secretary of Health and Human Services on May 22 notified a federal court in Connecticut that he plans to appeal to the Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals the district court’s March 24 ruling allowing a portion of a class of Medicare beneficiaries placed on observation status after being admitted to the hospital as inpatients to appeal their denial of coverage (Christina Alexander, et al. v. Alex M. Azar II, No. 11-1703, D. Conn.)....