- Docket No.
- 5:23-cv-01849
- District Court
- California Northern
Goal
- Declaration that Defendants violated Plaintiff’s and the Classes’ rights under Section 1557 of the ACA
- Enjoin nationwide Defendants from implementing and enforcing infertility policy
Issues
Litigation Content
Why this Matters
The plaintiff filed a class action complaint alleging that a major national private health insurer’s infertility policy denying equal access to fertility treatments for LGBTQI+ people violates Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act, which prohibits discrimination in health programs and activities. The nondiscrimination protections included in the Affordable Care Act are critical to ensuring equal access to health services, regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, age, or disability.
Potential Impact
Narrowing the Affordable Care Act’s nondiscrimination protections would allow insurers to refuse to cover certain health care services for marginalized groups, particularly LGBTQI+ people, in this case.
12 Major Filings
- SCHEDULING ORDER (Mar 21, 2024)
- ANSWER (Mar 14, 2024)
- JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT (Mar 12, 2024)
- Order Denying Defendants' Motion to Dismiss and Granting in Part and Denying in Part Motions to Seal (Feb 29, 2024)
- STATEMENT OF RECENT DECISIONS RE: PENDING MOTION TO DISMISS (Feb 6, 2024)
- STATEMENT OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITIES (Oct 30, 2023)
- REPLY in Support of Motion to Dismiss (Sep 25, 2023)
- Plaintiff's OPPOSITION to Motion to Dismiss (Sep 1, 2023)
- MOTION TO DISMISS (Jul 24, 2023)
- ORDER (May 30, 2023)
- NOTICE of Pendency of Other Actions or Proceedings (Apr 21, 2023)
- COMPLAINT (Apr 17, 2023)