TPA Urges 9th Circuit To Reverse ACA Discrimination Ruling Over Exclusions

(August 12, 2024, 8:30 AM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — In a reply brief urging the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals to reverse a ruling that it violated the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s discrimination provision by administering exclusions of gender-affirming care, a third-party administrator (TPA) argues in part that it “‘exercised no control’ over the plan design.”...