Ruling on Transgender Care May Have Major Impact on Third-Party Administrators
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Jan 06, 2023
A district court judge in Washington state ruled on Dec. 19 that Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois violated the anti-discrimination provision of the Affordable Care Act when it served as a third-party administrator (TPA) of health benefits and refused to cover medically necessary gender-affirming care for a transgender boy.
The decision “is something that could have a big impact on administrators” of health benefits, David Kaufman, an attorney with Laurus Law Group LLC, tells AIS Health, a division of MMIT. It came one month after the court certified the case as a class-action lawsuit, meaning other individuals who had their gender-affirming care denied could potentially be involved, “so the case probably has a long way to go before it’s settled law,” according to Kaufman.
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