W. A. Griffin v. Verizon Communications Inc., et al.
ERISA SocialSecurity Privacy JusticiabilityDoctri
Whether or not it can be reasonably inferred that plan administrators are liable for discrimination under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act when federal dockets show that the plan exclusively permitted white, male providers ("Good Old Boys Club") to purse litigation as provider assignees, but used written plan anti-assignment provisions only against Dr. Griffn.
Whether or not an employer and/or a third party plan administrator that sponsors, funds, and administers a welfare benefit plan that receives federal financial assistance in the form of healthcare credits and/ or Medicare subsidies, is liable under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act for discrimination in the plan design.
Whether plan administrators discriminated against an African American female provider under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act