Government Says LBGTQ ACA Rule Challenge Doesn’t Require Record Production

Mealey's (October 22, 2020, 2:10 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in the District of Columbia doesn’t need the administrative record to rule on a motion to dismiss claims that a rule excluding the term “on the basis of sex” results in discrimination against LGBTQ individuals, and the plaintiffs have neither alleged standing nor shown that the case is ripe, the government says in a motion to dismiss and Oct. 20 opposition to a motion to compel production of the administrative record (Whitman-Walker Clinic, et al. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, et al., No. 20-1630, D. D.C.)....