United States, Provider Spar Over Emotional Distress Damages In ACA Discrimination Case

Mealey's (June 9, 2021, 12:49 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The “unusually narrow and undeveloped” circuit split about the availability of emotional distress damages in Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) discrimination cases does not require U.S. Supreme Court review, a medical provider says in a June 7 response to a May 25 amicus brief filed by the United States....