Eleven States Join DOL Fight to Undo Data-for-Insurance Ruling

Eleven states are backing the U.S. Labor Department effort to reverse a 2020 Texas federal court decision that effectively greenlighted low-cost group health plans that evade state regulation.

The Labor Department called the proposition “a sham” in its opening brief asking the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to overturn the ruling last week. The states and the District of Columbia joined in that effort Wednesday, as did the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and the Public Citizen Litigation Group, in briefs opposing the offering of health insurance in exchange for internet usage data.

The battle centers ...