Employers Escape Transgender Discrimination Case; ACA Claim Dismissed

Mealey's (May 14, 2018, 1:39 PM EDT) -- MADISON, Wis. — Direct employers are not subject to liability in a case alleging discrimination against transgender individuals in the provision of health insurance, but claims against the providers of that insurance may proceed, and the plaintiffs can amend their Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) claims, a federal judge in Wisconsin held May 11 (Alina Boyden and Shannon Andrews v. State of Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds, et al., No. 17-264, W.D. Wis., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 191306)....