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Supreme Court won’t fast-track Obamacare case – POLITICO
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected Democrats' plea to consider a high-stakes legal challenge that could kill Obamacare, punting a resolution in the politically fraught case until after the presidential…
Gender and the Law Prof Blog
SCOTUS Grants Cert On Religious Exemption to Healthcare Contraception Coverage Mandate
By Tracy Thomas
The Supreme Court grant cert today in Trump v. Pennsylvania and the related Little Sisters of the Poor regarding religious exemptions for the federal healthcare mandate that employers provide women…
Healthcare Law Blog
Day 1 Notes at the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference
If I printed a tee shirt for the 2020 J.P. Morgan Healthcare Conference, what would it say? In past years, it would have been “Big Data,” Analytics, Artificial Intelligence, ACA,…
Employee Benefits Blog
Fifth Circuit Issues ACA Ruling, But Severability Question Remains
By Michael B. Kimberly, Eric Zimmerman, Ankur J. Goel
A decision in Texas v. United States was issued by a divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 18, 2019. This case…
Benefits Law Advisor
Employers in Union-Related Group Health Plans Must Still Comply with ACA Reporting Requirements
Employers who provide health benefits to their union workforce through a multiemployer group health plan must satisfy all the Affordable Care Act (ACA) reporting requirements regarding their union employees… More
DC Medical Malpractice & Patient Safety Blog
GOP lawsuit hasn’t shoved health care off a cliff — not yet. But ACA in limbo helps nobody.
Insurers feast on uncertainty the way most of us attack a holiday spread. They can relish risk because they know it can mean higher premiums and profits for their dealing…
Health Care Reform Dashboard
Fifth Circuit Rules Individual Mandate Unconstitutional; Fate of Rest of ACA Remains in Doubt
In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. However, the Fifth Circuit has…
Ogletree Deakins Insights
Employers May Need to Provide Cost Data Under Proposed ACA Rules
By By Timothy J. Stanton, Hillary M. Sizer
Employer-sponsored health plans and health insurers may be required to post online—and to provide participants upon request—a range of pricing and cost-sharing information beginning in 2021.
For Purpose Law Group Blog
Charitable Hospitals Behaving Uncharitably and Unlawfully
Over the summer of 2019, there were important showdowns around the United States against certain charitable healthcare systems acting in decidedly uncharitable (and unlawful) ways. The hospital behemoths with overflowing…
Health Industry Washington Watch
CMS Updates Basic Health Program Policies
The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the methodology and data sources it will use to determine 2019 and 2020 federal payment amounts to individual states that…