Judge Enjoins ACA Rules Repealing Transgender Discrimination Ban

Mealey's (August 18, 2020, 11:08 AM EDT) -- BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Rules eliminating gender identity from the list of prohibited types of discrimination in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are both contrary to recent Supreme Court precedent and arbitrary and capricious, a federal judge in New York said Aug. 17 in enjoining their enforcement (Tanya Asapansa-Johnson Walker, et al. v. Alex M. Azar II, et al., No. 20-2834, E.D. N.Y.)....