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May 31, 2017

Eight Circuit Grants Slight Reprieve to Mother of Transgender Son in ACA Discrimination Suit

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The Eighth Circuit granted a potentially short-lived reprieve to a plaintiff challenging a blanket exclusion for transgender services contained in her employer’s health plan. The case, Tovar v. Essentia Health, et al, No. 16-3186 (8th Cir. May 24, 2017), allowed part of the plaintiff’s claim alleging a violation under Section 1557 of the ACA to proceed by remanding it to the district court.

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