Mealey's (November 2, 2022, 12:35 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A ruling enjoining plan exclusions on gender-affirming care never defines what constitutes medical necessity, is unlikely to stand and diverts funds from basic health care needs to niche groups, appellants told the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals in seeking a stay. But in response, the appellees told the court that the ruling returns the situation to the 2017 status quo that the appellants had no problems handling....