Class Certification Denied In ACA Lactation Support Insurance Case

Mealey's (June 4, 2019, 12:23 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — Three proposed classes in a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) case challenging insurance coverage for lactation specialists are overly broad, and while Employee Retirement Income Security Act allegations are less problematic, they too are overly broad and do not make clear the relief that could be granted, a federal judge in California said May 23 in denying class certification (Rachel Condry, et al. v. UnitedHealth Group Inc., et al., No. 17-183, N.D. Calif.)....