HIV/AIDS

San Francisco Chronicle – CVS Drops Supreme Court Appeal In Bay Area Case That Challenged Prescription Policies

By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/CVS-drops-Supreme-Court-appeal-in-Bay-Area-case-16611534.php Less than a month before the Supreme Court was to hear a Bay Area suit against CVS that could have narrowed the scope of...

Law 360 – US Backs Patients In High Court CVS Disability Bias Case

By Rachel Stone, LAW 360 October 29, 2021 https://www.law360.com/articles/1435636?scroll=1&related=1 Law360 (October 29, 2021, 8:19 PM EDT) -- The U.S. threw its support behind a group of people living with HIV who urged...

“But I Didn’t Mean To Do It” HIV Discrimination Case Goes to U.S. Supreme Court…

In a case to be heard by the United States Supreme Court this December, CVS Health corporation is attempting to severely limit the reach of two landmark civil rights...

Law 360 – CVS Tells High Court Mailed Prescriptions Not Disability Bias

By Amanda Ottaway, LAW360 September 7, 2021 https://www.law360.com/appellate/articles/1418979/cvs-tells-high-court-mailed-prescriptions-not-disability-bias Law360 (September 7, 2021, 8:53 PM EDT) -- CVS Pharmacy Inc. told the U.S. Supreme Court that federal law doesn't allow HIV-positive individuals to...

POZ – Supreme Court to Hear HIV Case Involving CVS Pharmacy Program

By Trenton Straube, POZ July 7, 2021 https://www.poz.com/article/supreme-court-hear-hiv-case-involving-cvs-pharmacy-program-discrimination Can health plans force clients to get HIV meds via mail or at a specific pharmacy in order to keep discounts? HIV is on the...

San Francisco Chronicle – Supreme Court To Hear Appeal Of S.F. Case That Allowed Some HIV/AIDS Patients To Sure For Discrimination

By Bob Egelko, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE July 2, 2021 https://www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/article/Supreme-Court-to-hear-appeal-of-S-F-case-that-16290630.php The U.S. Supreme Court agreed Friday to hear an appeal by CVS of a ruling in a San Francisco case that allowed...

Ninth Circuit Reinstates HIV Discrimination Claims Against CVS Prescription Drug Mail-Order Program

Los Angeles, CA -- Today the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals overturned a lower court decision holding that five “John Doe” HIV patients could pursue a discrimination claim against CVS...

Surgeon Refused to Operate Because Patient Had HIV, Claims Lawsuit

“Everyone deserves health care without judgement,” says the plaintiff. By Trenton Straube, POZ MAGAZINE December 2, 2020 https://www.poz.com/article/surgeon-refused-operate-patient-hiv-claims-lawsuit A man living with HIV filed a discrimination lawsuit against a doctor and medical group...

On World AIDS Day, an HIV+ Man Sues Doctor and Medical Group for Discrimination After Refusing to Provide Treatment

Los Angeles, CA -- An HIV positive man filed a discrimination lawsuit in federal court to coincide with World AIDS Day against a surgeon and medical group for refusing...

Insurance Goliath Sues Lawyers Representing HIV Patients For Aetna’s Own Privacy Breach

Los Angeles, CA -- This morning, health insurance Goliath Aetna sued the nonprofit Consumer Watchdog and Whatley Kallas LLP, a consumer law firm, who’ve sued Aetna for its improper...

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