The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit discovered no mistake in a district court’s judgment rejecting a bariatric surgical treatment client’s medical insurance claim for an associated medical problem, discovering neither Iowa law nor the Affordable Care Act needed that his treatment be covered.
The appellate court panel verified an order by U.S. District Judge Robert W. Pratt of the Southern District of Iowa, approving summary judgment to Zimmerman Transfer Inc. and Advantage Strategy Administrators of Eau Claire LLC (BPA) on Darrin Shafer’s claim for medical insurance advantages under the Worker Retirement Earnings Security Act of 1974, after he made a claim for advantages for treatment connecting to issues with his bariatric surgical treatment, according to a June 7 viewpoint