Mealey's (December 8, 2021, 11:40 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — After plaintiffs filed a pair of summary judgment motions in a case alleging that a state employee health plan’s exclusion on transgender procedures violates the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act prohibition on discrimination, defendants asked the court on Dec. 6 to strike them and for expedited consideration, saying the more than 12,000 combined words fail to comply with local rules and court rulings....