Blue Cross Transgender Exclusion Case Paused for 9th Cir. Input

Litigation over a Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois health plan exclusion for gender-affirming care will be paused while the Ninth Circuit considers whether to rehear its recent decision refusing to order a different insurer to reprocess mental health-care claims.

The law surrounding class actions seeking to force insurers to reprocess health-care claims is “rapidly changing,” and the case against Blue Cross should be paused until the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit decides whether to revisit the topic, Judge Robert J. Bryan said Monday. Bryan struck all deadlines in the Blue Cross case and instructed the parties ...