New Jersey Federal Judge: Patients Can Sue Under ERISA For COVID-19 Test Coverage

Mealey's (May 23, 2022, 2:11 PM EDT) -- NEWARK, N.J. — Ruling that federal laws known as the Families First and CARES acts “mandate coverage of COVID-19 testing as a benefit under” plans governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act and that the medical practice that filed the suit “established standing to sue under ERISA” by alleging that patients assigned it their rights, a New Jersey federal judge on May 18 denied an insurer’s motion to dismiss the case....

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