Daughter Didn’t Suffer Discrimination, Lacks ACA Standing, Judge Says

Mealey's (October 4, 2017, 3:06 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — Associational standing for Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) discrimination claims applies only where the individual suffered discrimination because of association with a disabled individual, a federal judge in Louisiana held Sept. 29 in finding that a daughter lacked standing to pursue claims based on discrimination her hearing-impaired mother allegedly experienced (Katrina Rivers Labouliere, et al. v. Our Lady of the Lake Foundation, et al., No. 16-785, M.D. La.)....