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Health your username March 12, 2021 On Thursday, Judge Jane Magnus-Stinson of the Southern District of Indiana issued a mixed ruling in a case challenging a benefit denial by defendants Golden Rule Insurance Company, Savvysherpa Administrative Services LLC, and United Healthcare Services Inc. (collectively, Golden Rule). The plaintiff seeks to represent a class of insureds who were denied coverage for urine drug tests because Golden Rule deemed them not “medically necessary” to treat substance abuse. The court’s opinion explains that on Feb. 1, 2013, the plaintiff, his wife, and son ent...

Proposed Legislation Would Supercharge GI Bill Benefits for National Guard National Guard members walk from Union Station to the Capitol Building as events get under way for President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration ceremony, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) 11 Mar 2021 A new bill introduced in the House would make it much easier for National Guard troops to accrue GI Bill benefits. On Thursday, Rep. Mike Levin, D-Calif., introduced the Guard and Reserve GI Bill Parity Act, which aims to eliminate most of the confusion over which types of duty allow Guard tro...

Health your username March 8, 2021 On Friday the court issued an order denying the motion to dismiss in a case brought against Anthem BlueCross BlueShield of Wisconsin et al. The case, filed in the District of Utah, alleges that Anthem BlueCross BlueShield, in administrating the Advocate Aurora Health Care, Inc. Health and Welfare Plan was unfairly requiring higher medical standards for mental health treatment than for medical treatment in violation of the Parity Act, a subset of ERISA. The plaintiff’s son was admitted to two separate residential treatment facilities after outpatient treatm...

Health your username February 1, 2021 On Friday in the District of Utah, Judge Ted Stewart denied United Behavioral Health (UBH) and Motion Picture Industry Health Plan for Active Participants’ motion to dismiss a claim by individual plaintiffs that alleged that the defendants violated the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act of 2008 (Parity Act) through coverage denial. The plaintiffs, a parent and a dependent, stated that UBH denied coverage of the dependent’s residential therapy treatment at Evoke Wilderness Program. The company claimed such programs are “experimental and u...

Lawmakers are concerned that thousands of troops won't get credit for the time served securing the halls of Congress.