Affordable Care Act, Health Insurance Exchanges, SCOTUS

A Review of the Affordable Care Act at 10 Years, Part 1: The Individual Mandate

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints on 4/8/2020

This post is the first installment in our blog series looking back on the 10-year anniversary of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The most controversial of the ACA's reforms has been the individual mandate, which requires that...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - May 2016 #3

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 5/18/2016

Maryland becomes the first State to mandate over-the-counter contraceptive coverage; Missouri plans to increase Medicaid asset limitations by 500% by 2021; and HHS' final rule extends protections against sex discrimination to...more

Health Update - November 2015

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 11/23/2015

Best Practices for Using Social Media in Healthcare: Maximizing Impact, Mitigating Risk - Editor's note: In a generation more likely to seek health information online than see a doctor, social media is playing an...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - September 2015 #4

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 9/23/2015

The Massachusetts Marketplace takes steps to ease consumer confusion by reducing choice among QHPs; North Carolina appears poised to pass Medicaid reform legislation; and bipartisan support is gaining for defining businesses...more

King v. Burwell: An Interchangeable Exchange

Baker Donelson on 8/19/2015

The Supreme Court ruled recently in favor of the Obama Administration and its defense of another provision of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA or the Act). King v. Burwell, No. 14-114 (U.S. June 25, 2015)....more

One-Time Anomaly Or Potential Turning Of The Tides? A Review Of The Supreme Court's 2014-2015 Term

Fisher Phillips on 8/7/2015

In a marked departure from the overwhelming success employers experienced before the Supreme Court in recent years, the less successful recently wrapped 2014-2015 term could be an indication that the judicial tides may be...more

Employee Health Care Plans: Tips for Navigating the Affordable Care Act Requirements

Baker Donelson on 8/7/2015

The United States Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (the "Act") in a recent decision involving the use of the insurance exchanges. Employers are now certain that they must deal with the requirements of the Act...more

Is PPACA on the Road to Recovery?

Womble Bond Dickinson on 8/4/2015

Part I: Is PPACA on the Road to Recovery? The recent decision in King v. Burwell by the Supreme Court of the United States sent a strong message to critics of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010...more

King v. Burwell Aftermath: Where Does the Health Care Industry Go From Here?

Locke Lord LLP on 7/15/2015

What was at stake in King v. Burwell? DH: Perhaps more than initially meets the eye. If the U.S. Supreme Court had sided with the King v. Burwell plaintiffs, federal tax subsidies to reduce the cost of insurance premiums...more

"King v. Burwell: Round 2 for the Affordable Care Act"

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP on 7/13/2015

On June 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its long-awaited decision in King v. Burwell. The Court concluded that statutory language in the Affordable Care Act (ACA) authorizing tax credits for consumers on “an...more

Supreme Court Denies Significant Challenge to Affordable Care Act: Employers Should Continue to Follow the Act as Currently...

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 7/13/2015

On June 25, 2015, the U.S. Supreme Court held in King v. Burwell that individual taxpayers who enroll in health plans through the federal government's health insurance exchange can be eligible for federal tax credits under...more

King v. Burwell: The Supreme Court Prevents Millions of People from Losing Health Insurance

Best Best & Krieger LLP on 7/10/2015

Health insurance subsidies provided by the Affordable Care Act will continue to be available regardless of whether states establish their own health care exchanges or rely on the federal government to establish a health care...more

The Impact of King v. Burwell on “Applicable Large Employers”

Mintz - Employment, Labor & Benefits... on 7/7/2015

Reports in the popular media portrayed King v. Burwell as a case involving premium tax subsidies used to purchase health insurance from public exchanges or marketplaces under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). According to an...more

Monthly Benefits Alert - June 2015

Franczek P.C. on 7/7/2015

Supreme Court - As explained in more detail in separate alerts we issued over the past several days, the Supreme Court decided two major cases involving the Affordable Care Act and same-sex marriage. First, as described...more

Business As Usual: Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies

Stinson - Benefits Notes Blog on 7/6/2015

The United States Supreme Court recently held in King v. Burwell that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) permits individuals to receive health insurance premium subsidies through federally-facilitated exchanges (in addition to...more

U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Premium Subsidies on Federally Run Health Insurance Exchanges

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP on 7/6/2015

On June 25, 2015, in a 6-3 majority opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court confirmed the availability of premium subsidies for health coverage purchased on Affordable Care Act (ACA) health insurance exchanges, regardless of whether...more

A Review of the Supreme Court’s 2014 - 2015 Term

Franczek P.C. on 7/2/2015

During the United States Supreme Court’s 2014-2015 term, the Court departed from the pro-business reputation it had developed in labor and employment cases. This term, employees prevailed more often than not, including in...more

King v. Burwell: The More You Try To Challenge Things, The More They Stay The Same

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on 7/2/2015

In the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision supporting the payment of subsidies by the federal government to eligible persons seeking insurance through the federal health insurance exchanges ("Exchanges") under the...more

King v. Burwell: An Answer Arrives

Akerman LLP - Health Law Rx on 7/1/2015

Thursday’s Supreme Court decision in the King v. Burwell case can be seen as a major victory for the Obama Administration, resolving, at least for the time being, the continued implementation of the Affordable Care Act by...more

Manatt on Health Reform: Weekly Highlights - June 2015 #5

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP on 7/1/2015

Topping the news, last week's King v. Burwell ruling preserved subsidies for the 6.7 million people receiving them through the federal marketplace. In other news, President Obama pledged renewed efforts to work with...more

Executive Labor Summary - June / July 2015

Constangy, Brooks, Smith & Prophete, LLP on 6/30/2015

What are the labor implications of Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell? - On June 25, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act (also known as “Obamacare”) in a 6-3 decision written by Chief...more

Did You Know…SCOTUS Saves the Affordable Care Act (Again)

Nossaman LLP on 6/29/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court handed down its much-anticipated King v. Burwell decision on June 25, and (again) gave the Obama administration a huge victory by safeguarding its signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”)....more

Trenchant Analysis or Jiggery-Pokery? U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP on 6/29/2015

In a 6-3 decision on June 25, 2015 in King v. Burwell, the U.S. Supreme Court held that tax credits are available under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Affordable Care Act or PPACA) to all eligible Americans,...more

Supreme Court Upholds ACA Subsidies

McGuireWoods LLP on 6/29/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court has issued its King v. Burwell (pdf) decision regarding the validity of premium assistance issued by federally run insurance marketplaces....more

King v. Burwell: “Thy name is an opinion on the Affordable Care Act”

BakerHostetler on 6/29/2015

The U.S. Supreme Court in King v. Burwell, upheld the availability of subsidies to individuals who purchase health insurance on either a state or federal Exchange. While the Court’s 6-3 decision is being hailed politically as...more

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