Published March, 2014
East, et al. v. Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Louisiana Health Cooperative, Inc., and Vantage Health Plan, Inc., Temporary Restraining Order, U.S. District Court (M.D. La. 2014)
This Temporary Restraining Order, granted by the United States District Court, Middle District of Louisiana, temporarily stops Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Louisiana Health Cooperative, Inc., and Vantage Health Plan, Inc. from changing their policies of accepting Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds from current or prospective applicants to, or policy holders of, the defendants’ health plans; and enjoins the defendants from implementing any new policies of refusing Ryan White Funds from applicants or policyholders. It also orders a hearing to determine whether a preliminary injunction would follow.
This Temporary Restraining Order follows a complaint filed by the plaintiffs in district court, as well as the civil rights complaint to the Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights on the same matter.
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