High Court Asked Whether ACA Allows Disparate Impact Discrimination Claim

Mealey's (April 7, 2021, 2:07 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The U.S. Supreme Court on April 5 gave respondents until June 1 to respond to a pharmacy benefit manager’s petition asking whether the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) and the discrimination statutes from which it borrows permit a disparate impact cause of action for a class action challenging the company’s policy of offering preferred rates only for mail order delivery of HIV/AIDS drugs....