Judge Applies ‘Regular Care’ Provision In Upholding LTD Benefits Termination

( January 16, 2026, 11:22 AM EST) -- CHICAGO — Finding on de novo review that a former Whole Foods worker who briefly obtained long-term disability (LTD) benefits because of back pain didn’t show “that he was under the ‘regular care of a physician’ as is required under the Plan,” an Illinois federal judge upheld termination of the benefits....