A lingering challenge to a previous Trump administration rule limiting health discrimination protections is moot with the finalization of a new rule earlier this year, a federal judge said in an order Tuesday dismissing the case.
The regulation at issue in the 2020 lawsuit filed by a coalition of more than 20 states and the District of Columbia has effectively been replaced by a 2024 final rule issued by the US Department of Health and Human Services saying anti-discrimination protections under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act extend to sexual orientation and gender identity, Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of …