Court Dismisses Non-Discrimination Suit Over Hearing Aid Coverage

A federal Judge on Friday dismissed a suit against Kaiser Permanente that charged the issuer's decision to cover cochlear implants but not hearing aids violated the Affordable Care Act's 1557 non-discrimination provisions, which bars plans from discriminating on the base of race, disability, color, national origin, sex, or transgender status. Clinton-appointed Judge Robert Lasnik, senior judge with the U.S. District Court for the Western District Of Washington at Seattle, scrapped the case after agreeing with the defendants that the plaintiff...