9th Circuit Revives ACA, Unfair Competition Law Claims In HIV Drug Spat

Mealey's (December 10, 2020, 1:46 PM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit on Dec. 9 said that while the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) does not create a health care-specific discrimination standard, allegations that an insurer improperly limited HIV drug purchasers’ access to critical care by requiring mail order and pick up services meet the applicable standard and also keeps a California unfair competition law claim alive (John Doe One, et al. v. CVS Pharmacy Inc., et al., No. 19-15074, 9th Cir.)....