Blanket Hearing Treatment Exclusion Doesn't Violate ACA, 9th Circuit Finds

Mealey's (July 23, 2020, 2:00 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A near blanket exclusion on treatments for hearing loss is not discriminatory under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) because it impacts all parties equally, but a mother should be able to amend her complaint, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel said July 14 (E.S., et al. v. Regence BlueShield, et al., No. 18-35892, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 21933)....