9th Circuit Rejects ‘Like Experience’ Health Care Discrimination Rule

Mealey's (October 20, 2022, 11:54 AM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals granted a petition for rehearing, changing only a footnote to its opinion and otherwise rejecting arguments that its ruling affirming a bench trial result failed to properly apply a “like experience” standard to a Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Section 1557 discrimination case....