Judge: Binary Sex Usage Means ACA Sexual Orientation Discrimination Case Proceeds

Mealey's (April 29, 2022, 9:56 AM EDT) -- AMARILLO, Texas — Physicians face a real threat of injury from the government’s inclusion of sexual orientation in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) prohibition on discrimination, a federal judge in Texas said April 26 while finding that federal law appears to use the word “sex” as a binary term and allowing a suit challenging the ruling to proceed....