September 25, 2025
Aetna can't narrow a proposed class action alleging it unlawfully required nonheterosexual patients to spend thousands of dollars before covering fertility treatments, as a Connecticut federal judge said the insurer failed to fully acknowledge its role in creating the health plan in question.
March 13, 2024
Aetna must face a proposed class action alleging it readily covers fertility treatments for infertile heterosexual women but forces non-heterosexual women to spend thousands out of pocket before paying for their treatments, with a Connecticut federal judge saying it doesn't matter if the insurer didn't control the health plan's terms.
February 09, 2022
A woman hit Aetna with a putative class action in Connecticut federal court Wednesday, alleging the insurer discriminates by forcing non-heterosexual patients to pay out-of-pocket for fertility treatments while not forcing heterosexual women to do so because it labels them "infertile" if they can't conceive naturally.