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Blue Cross Can't Dodge Sex Bias Suit Over Gender Surgery

By Lauraann Wood · May 5, 2021, 6:01 PM EDT

A Washington federal judge on Tuesday declined to let Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois escape claims that it unlawfully refused to cover a teen's gender reassignment surgery, saying the teen's...

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Case Information

Case Title

Pritchard et al v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois

Case Number

3:20-cv-06145

Court

Washington Western

Nature of Suit

Insurance

Date Filed

November 23, 2020

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