The question of whether Mutual of Omaha discriminated against a gay man (John Doe) when it refused to issue a long-term care insurance policy due to the company’s practice of denying coverage to anyone using the HIV-prevention protocol Truvada, also called PrEP, is set to be decided by a Massachusetts court and may have an
What’s Who You Love Got to Do with It? Allegations of Sexual-Orientation Discrimination in the Context of Insurance Underwriting
A Massachusetts lawsuit in which a gay man is alleging that his sexual orientation was a discriminatory factor in an insurer’s refusal to issue him a long-term care (LTC) insurance policy could have ramifications for insurers nationwide. At issue in the case is the drug protocol called pre-exposure prophylaxis (or PrEP). PrEP was approved by