Judge Denies Both Parties Judgment In Deaf Man’s ACA Discrimination Case

Mealey's (October 30, 2020, 1:44 PM EDT) -- LAS VEGAS — Questions remain about whether a hospital effectively communicated with a deaf individual suffering from two broken wrists and whether any failure to do so constituted deliberate indifference, a federal judge in Nevada said Oct. 27 in declining to grant judgment in a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) discrimination case (Irven Wade v. University Medical Center of Southern Nevada, No. 18-1927, D. Nev., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 200222)....