January 02, 2023
A possible circuit split is among the key things to watch in 2023 as more district courts take contrary positions on whether the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in Bostock v. Clayton County extends to the Affordable Care Act's nondiscrimination protections to transgender health care coverage. Here, Law360 looks at seven cases dealing with nondiscrimination provisions under the ACA and transgender health care coverage that benefits attorneys should keep their eyes on.
December 01, 2022
Transgender Medicaid patients urged the Fourth Circuit to reject West Virginia's challenge to a lower court's ruling that a state health program illegally denied them gender-affirming care, saying the state can't prove its exclusion isn't discriminatory.
November 07, 2022
West Virginia asked the Fourth Circuit on Monday to reverse a lower court's ruling that it illegally denied gender-affirming care to transgender Medicaid participants, arguing that the finding infringed on its duty to protect residents' well-being and taxpayer money.