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Georgia Files Suit Against CMS for “Regulatory Bait and Switch” Over its Expansion Population

On January 22, 2022, Georgia and the Georgia Department of Community Health filed suit against the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) seeking to prevent the rescission of the central aspects of Georgia’s 1115...more

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SCOTUS ACA Ruling Allows Employers to Consider Improvements

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The U.S. Supreme Court has dismissed the third major legal challenge to the Affordable Care Act. Dorsey and Whitney LLP attorneys say that with court challenges to the ACA no longer looming, the outlook for improvements...more

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#WorkforceWednesday: SCOTUS in Review, Biden Acts to Limit Non-Competes, NY HERO Act Model Safety Plans - Employment Law This...

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Welcome to #WorkforceWednesday. This week, we recap the U.S. Supreme Court’s term and its impact on employers. U.S. Supreme Court Employment Law Decisions in Review (see video attached) The Supreme Court’s term ended on...more

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U.S. Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act

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On June 17, 2021, in California v. Texas, the Supreme Court rejected a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) for the third time in nine years. Texas, 17 other states, and two individuals brought...more

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The Affordable Care Act Survives Supreme Court Challenge: What Happens Next?

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The Supreme Court issued its much-anticipated opinion in California v. Texas regarding the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), rejecting the third major challenge to the law. The Supreme Court held in a 7–2...more

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Not with a Bang, But a Whimper—Supreme Court Kicks Latest ACA Challenge for Lack of Standing

On June 17, 2021, the Supreme Court of the United States issued its opinion in California v. Texas (No. 19-840) and Texas v. California (No. 19-1019), holding 7-2 (Justice Breyer, joined by Chief Justice Roberts, and Justices...more

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Supreme Court Upholds Affordable Care Act (Again) in California v. Texas

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For the third time since its passage, the United States Supreme Court has saved the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) from a legal challenge. In a 7-2 decision in California v. Texas, the Court held that several Republican-led...more

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Affordable Care Act Survives Latest Challenge in U.S. Supreme Court

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The U.S. Supreme Court on June 17, 2021, ruled 7-2 that Republican states, led by Texas, lack standing to challenge the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the case of California et al. v. Texas et al., Justice Stephen Breyer wrote...more

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The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021: A New Lease on Life for the Affordable Care Act?

On March 10, 2021, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (the “Act”). This $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package not only includes a whole host of healthcare-related provisions, but, along with...more

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Revocation of the “Public Charge” Rule

Readers of our blog know that Haider, Alex and I have a longstanding interest in the intersection of health care law and immigration law. That’s important for our blog, especially because of the needs of the immigrant...more

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Dropping Public Charge Rule, DHS Announces Return To Previous Policy To Determine Admissibility

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Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas has announced that the public charge rule, put in place by the Trump administration in 2019, is no longer in effect. Instead, DHS will return to its...more

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CMS Begins Internal Purge of Trump-Era Medicaid Policies

While CMS has been relatively quiet as of late from a public-facing perspective as it waits for new political leadership to arrive (including newly announced CMS Administrator, Chiquita Brooks-LaSure), a recent review by your...more

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President Biden Takes First Step Towards Reversing Trump Era Medicaid Policies

On January 28th, President Biden issued an “Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act.” The E.O. states that the Biden Administration will promote policies that “protect and strengthen Medicaid and...more

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Coverage of Routine Clinical Trial Costs Under the Medicaid Program

Right before the new year, we told you about some of the Medicaid-related provisions of the COVID relief package that was recently signed into law by President Trump. One provision of that law that we thought merited a...more

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How the Biden Administration Can Reverse Trump’s Medicaid Work Requirements

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The U.S. Supreme Court will consider whether the federal government can approve state programs that force Medicaid participants to work, go to school, or volunteer to get benefits. Both Arkansas and the Justice Department...more

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Medicaid Provisions in COVID-19 Relief Package

Here at the Medicaid and the Law Blog, we spent part of our holiday break reading through the most recent COVID-19 relief package that was finally signed into law by President Trump amid a not-insignificant amount of drama. ...more

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US Supreme Court’s Oral Argument in California v. Texas: Reports of the Affordable Care Act’s Demise May be Greatly Exaggerated

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This alert is Part 2 of a three-part series where White and Williams will examine the United States Supreme Court case, California v. Texas. Part 1 examined the case in full and how the decision in the case will affect the...more

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Summary of Supreme Court Oral Arguments in California v. Texas

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On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court held oral arguments in California v. Texas (Dkt. No. 19-840), a case in which the Trump administration and several Republican-led states have asked the Court to strike down the...more

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New Health Care Transparency Requirements: Will They Lower Cost and Improve Quality?

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On November 12, 2020, the Trump administration published its final rule on price transparency (the “Final Rule”) requiring affected entities to publicly release personalized information on out-of-pocket costs as well as...more

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SCOTUS Watch: The ACA and Key Health Law Areas Justice Barrett Could Impact - Diagnosing Health Care Podcast

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Oral arguments in California v. Texas offer a glimpse at how the Supreme Court might rule in deciding the fate of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). Attorneys Stuart Gerson and Tim Murphy also look at what Justice Amy Coney...more

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Texas v. California: SCOTUS Hears Oral Arguments About the Constitutionality of the ACA

On November 10, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments for California v. Texas, a case that will potentially decide the fate of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). As discussed in prior...more

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Washington Healthcare Update - November 2020 #2

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This week in Washington: House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy announced he is waiting to see who will become the next House speaker before working on another COVID-19 stimulus package; Senate Appropriations Committee releases...more

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Post-Election Health Policy Outlook & Analysis

The following provides a high-level overview of how the November 3, 2020 election results will impact certain health care issues and policies. This analysis assumes that the Biden-Harris Electoral College win will be...more

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Trump vs. Biden: HEALTH CARE POLICY

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While the policy and politics of health care have dominated the last several election cycles, never have they been so prominent as they are today. As the country continues to battle COVID-19, there are now health care...more

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Trump Administration Approves Georgia’s Limited Expansion of Medicaid and Work Requiremen

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CMS approved Georgia’s Section 1115 demonstration project to partially expand Medicaid coverage for adults not otherwise eligible for Medicaid coverage with incomes up to 95 percent of the Federal Poverty Line (FPL)—short of...more

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