March 17, 2023
A proposed class action brought by hearing-impaired individuals against their health insurer was thrown out for the second time after a Washington federal judge found the group still hadn't shown how the insurer's exclusion of hearing loss treatment amounts to discrimination.
September 25, 2018
A federal judge threw out a proposed class action brought against Regence BlueShield and Cambia Health Solutions for allegedly failing to pick up the tab for hearing loss treatment outside of cochlear implants, ruling the coverage exclusion didn't amount to disability discrimination.