Court Ruling that ACA Gender Transition Mandate Violates Religious Liberty Illustrates Interplay Between ACA and ERISA

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

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