Health Plan: Sovereign Immunity Covers ACA Gender Dysphoria Coverage Case

Mealey's (November 16, 2021, 10:06 AM EST) -- GREENSBORO, N.C. — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s incorporation of discrimination statutes did not constitute a waiver of sovereign immunity by the states, a health plan covering North Carolina university employees tell the U.S. Supreme Court in a Nov. 2 petition urging it to accept review and end the “deep uncertainty” states face in the wake of a ruling allowing transgender discrimination claims to proceed....