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Groom Law Group, Chartered

District Court Dismisses Weight Loss Drug Discrimination Suits

The U.S. District Court for the District of Maine recently dismissed two separate suits alleging that health plans’ coverage exclusion for weight loss drugs constitutes unlawful disability discrimination. Both complaints...more

Keating Muething & Klekamp PLL

Benefits Monthly Minute - April 2025

The April Monthly Minute showers readers with some eye-opening case law updates, ranging from a $38.8M jury verdict in a 401(k) fee case, to a pair of cases involving Elevance (f/k/a Anthem) health plan coverage exclusions....more

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The GLP-1 Coverage Conundrum: Managing Costs for Group Health Plans

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Many employers are facing challenges in incorporating high-cost GLP-1 medications, such as Mounjaro, Ozempic, Rybelsus, Trulicity, and Wegovy, into their group health plans, as they must balance the cost to the group health...more

Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP

Supreme Court Hears Arguments on ADA Retiree Discrimination Claims

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in a case that could have significant impacts on employee retiree medical insurance plans. In Stanley v. City of Sanford, a retired city employee alleges that Sanford’s...more

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Employee loses ADA lawsuit for failing to engage with employer over alternative accommodations

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A federal appeals court in Tennessee recently upheld an order dismissing a former teacher’s disability bias lawsuit, finding that the teacher’s failure to engage in discussions with his employer over alternative...more

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EEOC Sues Gregg Orr Auto Collection for Disability and Age Discrimination

Company Fired Longtime Employee to Avoid Health Care Costs, Federal Agency Charges - BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Gregg Orr Auto Collection, Inc., a company that provides administrative and operations services for a group of related...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

Take Note: EEOC Vacates the Incentive Sections of its Final Wellness Regulations

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Seyfarth Synopsis: The EEOC has withdrawn the incentive provisions in its ADA and GINA wellness program regulations. The remaining provisions have less bite as a consequence, especially in the ADA context. But HIPAA wellness...more

Ballard Spahr LLP

Health Care Reform in Transition While Congress Deliberates

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Changes are imminent for the Affordable Care Act and a range of other laws and regulations affecting the health care industry. Ballard Spahr attorneys established a Health Care Reform Initiative in 2008 to monitor and analyze...more

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With the Election (Mercifully) Behind Us, What Will a Trump Administration Mean for Employers?

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The 2016 Presidential election was arguably the most contentious, unpredictable, and politically polarizing race in this nation's history. The contours of the electoral map changed by the hour in the days leading up to...more

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HHS Issues Final Rule on ACA Nondiscrimination in Health Programs and Activities

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On May 18, 2016, the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) issued final regulations interpreting the nondiscrimination provisions of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The rule mainly impacts insurers...more

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Federal Court Says Employer’s All-or-Nothing Requirement that Employees Submit to Wellness Program or Lose Health Insurance is...

Last month, a district court in Wisconsin dealt a blow to the EEOC and the future of its proposed ADA wellness program regulations. In EEOC v. Flambeau, Inc., the court held that that an employer did not violate the...more

Proskauer - Employee Benefits & Executive...

EEOC’s Proposed Wellness Regulations Add Burdensome Notice Requirement; Still Prohibit Mandatory HRAs

On April 16, 2015, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) released proposed regulations covering wellness programs that involve disability-related inquiries or medical examinations....more

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