Doe One v. CVS Health Corporation

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN DOE ONE, et al., Case No. 18-cv-01031-EMC

Plaintiffs,

ORDER DENYING IN PART AND

v. GRANTING IN PART DEFENDANTS'

MOTION TO DISMISS

CVS PHARMACY, INC., et al., Defendants. Docket No. 242

12 I. INTRODUCTION This is a disability discrimination case by Plaintiff John Does 1 through 7 who are people living with HIV/AIDS, against Defendants. The Defendants include subsidiaries of CVS Health Corporation and companies that manage prescription drug benefits on behalf of health insurers. Plaintiffs seek to challenge their employer-sponsored health plans which they use to obtain their HIV/AIDs medication. They argue that the design of the plans discriminates against people living with HIV/AIDS and deny them meaningful access to their benefits. Plaintiffs allege that the Defendants’ involvement is integral to the design of the health plans, and that Defendants were aware of Plaintiffs’…