Insurer, Class Battle Over Scope Of Discovery In ACA Lactation Coverage Case

Mealey's (April 10, 2018, 10:50 AM EDT) -- DES MOINES, Iowa — A magistrate judge improperly limited discovery in a case challenging a health insurer’s cost-sharing arrangement for lactation consultant services, plaintiffs told a federal judge in Iowa March 12.  But the insurer fired back March 26, saying the ruling properly limits discovery to the lone remaining issue:  whether the in-network coverage complies with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) (Jillian York, et al. v. Wellmark Inc., et al., No. 16-627, S.D. Iowa)....