June 27, 2024
The Sixth Circuit dismissed on Thursday an appeal from a group of doctors attempting to block the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from enforcing prohibitions on gender-identity discrimination under the Affordable Care Act, finding subsequent agency action overruled the doctors' claims.
May 10, 2024
Recently finalized regulations tackling what constitutes discrimination under the Affordable Care Act could have significant impacts on health plans that include greater liability for third-party plan administrators, attorneys say. Here are three things employers should know now that the final rule is on the books.
December 06, 2023
The Sixth Circuit on Wednesday wondered what a group of physicians must do to prove they can challenge the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' potential enforcement of a statute that, under the government's interpretation, would prohibit federally funded health programs from discriminating against transgender individuals based on their sex.
December 01, 2023
Physicians' groups will ask the Sixth Circuit to reinstate their suit claiming the federal government is illegally forcing them to provide gender transition-related care, while American Airlines pilots will try to get their military leave class action back on track at the Third Circuit. Here, Law360 looks at three appellate argument sessions that should be on benefits attorneys' radar in December.