Insurance,
Health Care & Hospital Law
Sep. 28, 2022
Law doesn’t require motorized wheelchair coverage, judge says
“The Affordable Care Act does not compel plans to cover everything that might fall under the broad rubric of rehabilitative or habilitative services or devices,” U.S. District Judge Haywood S. Gilliam Jr. wrote in his order.
A federal judge dismissed a class action against the California Department of Managed Health Care for allegedly excluding motorized wheelchairs from insurance coverage, and sent the case against a second defendant, Kaiser Foundation Health Plan Inc., to arbitration.
"The Affordable Care Act does not compel plans to cover everything that might fall under the broad rubric of rehabilitative or habilitative services or devices," U.S. District ...
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