Blue Cross Accused of Anti-LGBTQ+ Bias in Fertility Coverage

An Illinois woman can proceed with a proposed class action alleging that Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois’ fertility treatment coverage policy violates the Affordable Care Act’s anti-bias provision, a federal court said.

It’s reasonable to infer that BCBS intentionally discriminates on the basis of sex by requiring people in same-sex relationships to prove infertility and qualify for treatment by demonstrating that they were unable to conceive after a year of unprotected sex between a man and a woman, the US District Court for the Northern District of Illinois said.

The court denied BCBS’s motion to dismiss Kelsey Murphy’s ...