Judge Won’t Lift Stay After Finding Little Harm To LGBTQ ACA Rule Challengers

Mealey's (September 8, 2021, 1:44 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Plaintiffs are already largely protected by an existing partial injunction, appear likely to receive relief from ongoing regulatory developments and face minimal hardship from a stay in their case challenging a 2020 rule involving health care protections for LGBTQ individuals under Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Section 1557, a federal judge in the District of Columbia said Sept. 3 in declining to lift the stay....