Mealey's (July 16, 2020, 1:44 PM EDT) -- SEATTLE — A pair of individuals with hearing loss have not shown that a health insurer’s near blanket exclusion on hearing-related treatments constitutes discrimination under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), but they should be permitted to amend their action, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals held July 14 (Andrea Schmitt, et al. v. Kaiser Foundation Health Plan of Washington, et al., No. 18-35846, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 21902)....