KADEL et al v. FOLWELL et al
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January 02, 2023
7 Transgender Health Care Bias Cases To Watch In 2023
A possible circuit split is among the key things to watch in 2023 as more district courts take contrary positions on whether the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County extends to the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination protections to transgender health care coverage. Here, Law360 looks at seven cases dealing with nondiscrimination provisions under the ACA and transgender health care coverage that benefits attorneys should keep their eyes on.
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December 06, 2022
NC Health Plan's Trans Care Ban Violates ACA, Judge Says
A federal judge found that a North Carolina health plan's refusal to cover gender dysphoria treatment violated the Affordable Care Act by discriminating against transgender state workers, a decision that comes six months after the court found the policy exclusion violated Title VII.
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July 13, 2022
4th Circ. Consolidates NC's Appeals Of Trans Care Ruling
The Fourth Circuit consolidated two appeals filed by North Carolina officials and a state employee health plan that both seek to undo a lower court injunction blocking the state plan's exclusion on treatments related to gender dysphoria and gender transition based on a holding that it was discriminatory.
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June 17, 2022
The Biggest Benefits Rulings From The 1st Half Of 2022
A U.S. Supreme Court opinion reviving a federal benefits lawsuit against Northwestern University headlines a jam-packed first half of 2022 for Employee Retirement Income Security Act rulings.
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June 13, 2022
NC Health Plan's Trans Care Ban Ruled Unlawful
A federal judge in North Carolina found an exclusion in a state health plan barring coverage for treatments related to gender dysphoria and gender transition was "textbook discrimination" based on sex and transgender status in violation of federal discrimination laws.
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March 11, 2019
NC Workers Accuse State Health Plan Of Anti-Trans Bias
An exclusion in the state of North Carolina's health plan for services related to gender transition flouts federal anti-discrimination statutes and the Affordable Care Act by treating transgender plan participants differently than their non-transgender counterparts, state employees alleged in federal court Monday.