Judge: ACA Provider Discrimination Provision Lacks Private Enforcement

(June 15, 2017, 2:32 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — A Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) provision precluding discrimination against providers acting within their license or certification lacks a right of action, dooming a chiropractor group’s claim that an insurer intentionally places its members in less desirable coverage tiers, a federal judge in New Jersey held June 13 (The Association of New Jersey Chiropractors Inc. and Robert Blozen, D.C., v. Horizon Healthcare Services Inc., et al., No. 16-8400, D. N.J.)....

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