Part of ACA Abortion Coverage Challenge Survives

A Vermont man who opposes abortion may proceed on a claim that the federal government should be stopped from enforcing against third-party insurers an Affordable Care Act provision that allegedly violates his religious rights (Howe v. Burwell, 2015 BL 232665, D. Vt., 2:15-cv-00006-cr, 7/21/15).

The U.S. District Court for the District of Vermont July 21 dismissed most of Alan Howe Jr.'s claims, but retained his challenge to the government’s enforcement of an ACA provision that requires his insurer to designate a portion of the premium that would pay for a plan purchased on an exchange to cover ...