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King v. Burwell
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Race and the Law Prof Blog
The ACA’S NINE LIVES. IMPACT ON MINORITY POPULATIONS. By Chris Ogolla.
By Ogolla
On June 17, 2021, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka ACA, survived yet another challenge at the Supreme Court. As originally enacted, the ACA had several key provisions,…
Pennsylvania Labor & Employment Blog
U.S. Supreme Court Affirms Constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (a Third Time)
By Eric Athey
Soon after the Affordable Care Act (“ACA” or the “Act”) was passed in 2010, its critics initiated the first major legal effort to strike down the entire law as unconstitutional.…
Inside Government Contracts
Government Contracts and Chevron Deference: Justice Gorsuch Weighs In
Under Chevron U.S.A. v. NRDC and its progeny, courts show great deference to administrative agencies’ interpretations of statutes and regulations. However, it does not necessarily follow that courts will provide…
PrawfsBlawg
Health Reform: Sabotage Edition
Main Friday, September 29, 2017Health Reform: Sabotage EditionHealth reform efforts currently are diversified into several strategic categories, including: (1) preserve and repair the ACA, (2) push for single-payer, (3) destroy…
Civil Procedure & Federal Courts Blog
Bill Introduced to Bar Citation of SCOTUS Affordable Care Act Cases
Representative Steve King of Iowa has introduced a bill to “bar Supreme Court decisions in certain Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act cases from citation.” Here is the operative text:Under…
Supreme Court Update
Order List 7/5/16
This time last year, as we summarized Obergefell v. Hodges (2015), King v. Burwell (2015), among other decisions, all the talk was about the Supreme Court's "left turn." But some…
Triage Health Law
Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Conscious Healthcare Spending: The Uncertain Political Future of the “Cadillac Tax” as Effective Deadline Nears
In the months that have followed King v. Burwell, the spotlight on the ACA’s Cadillac tax has grown hotter for groups interested in the reform, and repeal, of the ACA. …
Education Law Prof Blog
Twenty Percent of New York’s Students Opted Out of Testing: Why It Matters So Much
By Derek Black
The New York State Education Department has released the data from the standardized tests administered to elementary students at the end of this past academic year. The opt-out movement scored…
Legislation Law Prof Blog
An Increased Elderly Population Calls for Modernizing Nursing Home Care
With an increasing elderly population and a predicted need for continuous care facilities there will be an increased cost associated with these facilities. On average the cost of a nursing…
Plan Proponent
20 Questions about Baker Botts v. ASARCO & “Fee-Defense” Costs – Part 2
(courtesy of Dave's iPhone on June 18, 2015) As a recap of Part 1, on June 15, 2015, a 6-3 Supreme Court held in the Chapter 11 case of Baker Botts, L.L.P. v.…