Enforceability Of ACA, Parity Act Argued Before Washington High Court

(September 14, 2023, 2:16 PM EDT) -- TACOMA, Wash. — A family denied coverage for their daughter’s residential treatments told the Washington Supreme Court during Sept. 14 oral arguments that a health plan explicitly incorporated federal and state parity law and that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) can form a breach of contract claim; but in response, the insurer told the court that regulatory agencies are the proper venue to correct insurer behavior and that not every claim denial is an act of bad faith....