Mealey's (November 8, 2022, 11:38 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A federal judge in North Carolina declined to stay an injunction while state defendants appeal her finding that a health plan’s gender dysphoria exclusions constitute “textbook sex discrimination” and in a separate order asked for additional briefing on how newly issued rules interpreting Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Section 1557 affects the claim....