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Lawsuit Challenging IRS “Subsidy Expansion Rule” (Full Text Copy)

Lawsuit filed by a group of small business owners and individuals against the Internal Revenue Service over the agency’s “Subsidy Expansion Rule.” From the Blog of Legal Times: “Objecting to what they term an ‘Obamacare...more

Employer Tax Considerations for Supreme Court’s Pending DOMA Decision

High Court considers the constitutionality of DOMA, which may create tax-refund opportunities for employers and employees before April 15....more

Expanded Contraception Coverage Exemption for Religious Organizations Proposed by HHS and IRS

The U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services and Treasury have released proposed regulations, a fact sheet, and a press release on the Affordable Care Act contraceptives coverage under Women's Preventive Health Services...more

Health Care Reform Implementation Update - February 4, 2013

Several agency actions on the Affordable Care Act out of HHS and Treasury last week include proposed regulations detailing exemptions from the shared responsibility tax, such as an exemption for those who would qualify for...more

National Federation Of Business V. Sebelius: A Decision For The Ages - A Comment On Chief Justice Roberts’ Majority Opinion

The Conventional Wisdom - Earlier this year, prior to the oral arguments before the United States Supreme Court (the “Court”) in National Federation of Business, et al. v. Sebelius ( “National Federation” case), 132...more

A Short Course on the 11 Proposed Amendments to the Florida Constitution on the November 2012 General Election Ballot

The Legislature has placed 11 proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot for the General Election to be held November 6, 2012. There will be no citizen initiated proposed constitutional amendments on the ballot this...more

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: The Decision

What Happens to Floridians who do not Buy Health Insurance? On June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court ruled in National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, that the mandate in the Patient Protection...more

Obamacare’s Federal Subsidies Challenged by Conservatives

Less than a month after a Supreme Court ruling that upheld most of the controversial health care reform law, an academic paper is challenging the legality of federal subsidies designed to help low-and middle-income...more

Federalismo o Iperlocalismo nelle Riforme italiane?

Sono passati quasi dodici anni dal D. Lgs. n. 56-2000, il primo atto normativo che ha tentato di reimpostare il finanziamento e la governance della sanità su basi federaliste. Da allora, il Legislatore è...more

Q&A on the U.S. Supreme Court's Decision on Healthcare Reform

On June 28, 2012, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited ruling on the constitutionality of President Obama's health care reform legislation. The decision resulted in numerous questions due to the complexity of the...more

The US Health Care Law: What’s Next for Stakeholders

In a widely publicized recent health care ruling, the Supreme Court largely upheld the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). The Court determined that the individual mandate is constitutional. However, the Court...more

Obamacare: Full Steam Ahead for Implementation of Act

By a 5-4 vote and on the strength of an opinion by Chief Justice John Roberts, the United States Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in President Obama’s signature Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Strictly...more

Affordable Care Act

Yesterday was a historic day as the US Supreme Court ruled 5-4 to uphold the Affordable Care Act. As political pundits and news outlets continue to parse through the opinion and dissents, we wanted to share this link to an...more

Supreme Court's Health Care Reform Decision: Most Immediate Impact on Employers and Employer-Sponsored Plans

SUPREME COURT HAS UPHELD KEY PORTIONS OF LANDMARK HEALTH CARE REFORM LEGISLATION The United States Supreme Court issued a historic holding today, June 28, 2012. The Court has ruled that the Patient Protection and...more

Affordable Care Act Declared Constitutional . . . For the Most Part

On June 28, 2012—the last day of the 2011 term—the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision, with Chief Justice Roberts writing for the majority, that the individual mandate provision of the Patient Protection and...more

Summary of Supreme Court Affordable Care Act Opinion

In a 5-4 decision issued today and authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the United States Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA)’s individual mandate — the requirement that most individuals obtain health...more

Supreme Court Health Care Ruling: Preliminary Analysis & Implications Going Forward

The Supreme Court today largely upheld the challenged provisions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). However, its legal rationale, particularly in relation to the individual mandate, diverged from the main focus of the briefs...more

HEALTH REFORM: U.S. Supreme Court's Ruling on the Affordable Care Act: What Does It Mean? .

By now, every American who pays any attention to the news is aware that the Supreme Court of the United States has upheld essentially all of the Obama administration's Affordable Care Act ("ACA"). We have posted a copy of the...more

Supreme Court Issues Decision on the Affordable Care – Immediate Implications for Health Care Industry

In the United States Supreme Court’s historic decision announced today, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) has emerged substantially intact as the blueprint for national health reform in the coming years....more

McAfee & Taft EmployerLINC: Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform Law By Brandon Long

At approximately 9:15 a.m. Central time this morning, the U.S. Supreme Court issued its long-awaited decision on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (the Act). In a 5-4 decision delivered by Chief Justice John...more

Health Care Reform Supreme Court Decision

This morning, in a 5-4 decision, the Supreme Court determined that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional. The Supreme Court's decision upholds the constitutionality of two key provisions of health...more

Healthcare Reform Law Stands—With Modifications to State Medicaid Expansion

Today, the U.S. Supreme Court held that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (P.L. 111-148 or ACA) is constitutional with modifications to the Medicaid expansion provisions. In a 5-4 opinion, the Court...more

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 ("PPACA")

Today, June 28, 2012, the United States Supreme Court (“Court”) upheld PPACA by a 5-4 vote, with Chief Justice Roberts providing the swing vote with respect to the individual mandate to purchase health insurance (“Mandate”)....more

U.S. Supreme Court Rules that Affordable Care Act Is Constitutional

In its highly anticipated decision in National Federation of Independent Business et al. v. Sebelius, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that the “individual mandate” set forth in the Patient Protection and Affordable...more

Supreme Court Upholds Health Care Reform -- Virtually All Americans Required to Buy Health Insurance or Face Increased Taxes

Today, by a 5-4 vote, on the strength of an opinion authored by Chief Justice John Roberts, the United States Supreme Court upheld the individual mandate in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) signed into...more