In This Issue:

Leading the News; Special Report: GOP Proposed Budget for FY2013; Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA); Other HHS and Federal Regulatory Initiatives; Other Congressional and State Initiatives; Other Health Care News; and Hearings & Mark-ups Scheduled.

Excerpt from Leading the News

This morning, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the multi-state challenge to the ACA. The focus of today’s arguments revolved around whether the Anti-Injunction Act (AIA) would prevent the Supreme Court from ruling on the case before the individual mandate went into effect. Initial commentary following the arguments seems to indicate that the Justices were likely to continue hearing the merits of the challenge and did not agree that the AIA barred them from doing so.