Judge Largely Allows ACA Lactation Insurance Coverage Suit To Proceed

Mealey's (August 17, 2017, 1:17 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — To the extent an insurer covers lactation services required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), allegations that it makes finding or using those providers impossible support a class action, a federal judge in California held Aug. 15 in largely denying a motion to dismiss (Rachel Condry, et al. v. UnitedHealth Group Inc., et al., No. 17-183, N.D. Calif., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 130089)....