Tovar et al v. Essentia Health et al
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September 21, 2018
Employer, Insurer Can't Exit Ex-Worker's Trans Son's ACA Suit
A Minnesota federal judge has refused to let HealthPartners Inc. and Essentia Health escape claims from the transgender son of a former Essentia nurse practitioner over a health plan he alleged excluded gender transition-related health services, but let the companies out of the mother's claim.
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May 11, 2016
Mom Can't Sue Employer, Insurer For Gender Bias Against Son
A Minnesota nurse can't bring gender bias claims against her employer for providing insurance that denied her son's gender-reassignment surgery and related prescriptions, nor can she sue insurer HealthPartners Inc., as they weren't involved in the matter, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
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March 25, 2016
Gender Surgery Bias Suit Should Stay Alive, Court Told
A woman alleging that Minnesota-based health insurance company HealthPartners illegally refused to cover her teenage son's gender reassignment surgery told a Minnesota federal court to keep the suit afloat, saying the company's arguments that she lacked standing had missed the mark.
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March 07, 2016
Insurance Co. Asks Court to Nix Transgender Bias Suit
Minnesota-based health insurance company HealthPartners has urged a Minnesota federal court to dismiss a suit brought by a woman who says the company illegally refused to cover her son's gender reassignment surgery, arguing that her lawsuit is moot because the exclusion of such surgery has been removed from her health plan.