Court Ruling that ACA Gender Transition Mandate Violates Religious Liberty Illustrates Interplay Between ACA and ERISA
By EsqSocial Corporation 21/05/21
In Religious Sisters of Mercy v. Azar, 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 9156 (D.N.D. Jan. 19, 2021), a district court awarded a group of plaintiffs permanent injunctive relief against a provision of the Affordable Care Act ("ACA") that required them to offer health coverage for gender-transition procedures. The case illustrates an important aspect of the interplay between the ACA and ERISA. Religious Sisters of Mercy was a consolidated action brought by entities associated with the Catholic Church...
By: Hinshaw & Culbertson - The LHD/ERISA Advisor