Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina is going to court to challenge the recent decision to move a major State Health Plan contract from Blue Cross to Aetna. A Blue Cross news release argues the plan and state taxpayers “will pay more” and “get less.”
State Treasurer Dale Folwell and the State Health Plan’s executive administrator are seeking to overturn a trial court order demanding that the plan pay for “medically necessary services,” including hormone therapy and some surgeries, for transgender employees and their children.
A lawyer representing the leaders of North Carolina's state employee health plan defended its exclusion of gender-affirming treatments on Wednesday before a federal appeals court, facing a barrage of criticisms from its chief judge.