SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 15 -- The California Attorney General issued the following press release:
OAKLAND - Co-leading a multistate coalition alongside the attorneys general of Massachusetts and New Jersey, California Attorney General Rob Bonta yesterday secured a major victory after the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts struck down a key provision of a Trump Administration final rule (https://oag.ca.gov/system/files/attachments/press-docs/ecf-141-opinion-and-order2.pdf) that would have excluded coverage of certain types of gender-affirming care as essential health benefits under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Essential health benefits are subject to the ACA's financial protections, including limits on out-of-pocket co...