Insurer: Individualized Issues Precluded Class In ACA Transgender Case

Mealey's (January 5, 2023, 10:34 AM EST) -- TACOMA, Wash. — Determining whether gender-affirming care was medically necessary under specific plans requires individualized inquiry, amounts to an attempt at individual monetary reward and would not provide complete relief to the class, precluding certification, an insurer argues in a reply in support of a petition for permission to appeal....