ACA Discrimination Claimant Not A Protected Interest, Insurer Tells 7th Circuit

Mealey's (October 19, 2021, 9:53 AM EDT) -- CHICAGO — The Affordable Care Act and the underlying statute it borrows from to bar discrimination protect patients, putting an individual suing his insurer over its decision to deny coverage for applied behavioral analysis (ABA) outside the scope of protected interests, the company tells the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in a Sept. 27 brief in urging judgment in its favor....