Nevada Still Exploring Appeal In Contraceptive Mandate Class Action

Nevada’s attorney general is still considering whether to appeal U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s refusal to let the state intervene in an under-the-radar class action case, DeOtte, et al v. Azar, that bars HHS from enforcing the Affordable Care Act’s contraceptive mandate on any members of two broadly drawn classes, a spokesperson for Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford tells Inside Health Policy. If the state decides not to fight the district decision denying it the right to intervene,...