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A federal judge in Missouri refused to throw out a mental health parity lawsuit against Anthem on June 15, 2026, sending the case to discovery instead of ending it at the courthouse door. It's not a one-off. It's the latest entry in a pattern of courts letting parity claims proceed that stretches back to a 2024 Ninth Circuit ruling.
Connecticut found all five major insurers, Aetna, Anthem, Cigna, ConnectiCare, and UnitedHealthcare, violating mental health parity law in one April 2026 report.