Legal Opinion
Meidl v. Aetna, Inc.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided October 11, 2018No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 3:15-cv-01319 (JCH)PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Janet C. Hall, United States District Judge
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Christopher Meidl ("Meidl") brings this class action against the defendants, Aetna, Inc. and Aetna Life Insurance Company (collectively, "Aetna"), for denying insurance coverage of Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS) as a treatment for depression. See generally Corrected Amended Class Action Complaint ("Corr. Am. Compl.") (Doc. No. 112). Meidl asserts that Aetna improperly developed and implemented a policy to deny TMS coverage on the grounds that TMS was an experimental and investigational treatment. See Plaintiff's…
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