State of New York, et al v. DOL, et al

  1. December 19, 2023

    DOL Proposes Rescinding ACA-Skirting Health Plan Rule

    The U.S. Department of Labor on Tuesday proposed rescinding its association health plan rule — that a D.C. federal court had already largely invalidated in 2019 — that had relaxed the requirements for small businesses to band together to create healthcare plans that skirt certain Affordable Care Act requirements.

  2. November 14, 2019

    DC Circ. Ponders If Chevron Saves Group Health Plan Rule

    The D.C. Circuit wrestled Thursday with whether the Chevron doctrine, which gives deference to federal agencies when interpreting ambiguous statutes, applies to a hotly contested U.S. Department of Labor rule that makes it easier for small employers and the self-employed to avoid Affordable Care Act regulations for the small-group marketplace.

  3. August 09, 2019

    States, Feds Fire Last Arrows In Association Health Plan Row

    Federal and state governments traded their final blows in a legal challenge to a Trump administration rule that allows small businesses and the self-employed to avoid the individual and small-group Affordable Care Act marketplaces when buying health insurance.

  4. July 22, 2019

    House Dems, Others Assail Association Health Plan Rule

    High-ranking House Democrats, Ivy League professors and a group of medical associations are among the latest to urge the D.C. Circuit to uphold a Washington, D.C., federal judge's March decision to gut a Trump administration rule expanding access to association health plans.

  5. June 19, 2019

    Chamber Fights 'Devastating' Association Health Plan Ruling

    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce has urged the D.C. Circuit to breathe new life into a Trump administration rule that made it easier for small businesses to join together to create health plans that aren't subject to certain Affordable Care Act requirements.

  6. June 05, 2019

    DC Circ. Urged To Save Rule Expanding ACA-Skirting Plans

    Agencies in Oklahoma and Montana have thrown their support behind the Trump administration's attempt at the D.C. Circuit to revive its association health plan rule, which had relaxed the requirements for small businesses to band together to create health care plans that skirt certain Affordable Care Act requirements.

  7. May 10, 2019

    Congress Seen As Best Hope For Association Health Plans

    The D.C. Circuit agreed on Friday to fast-track the Trump administration's attempt to revive a rule expanding association health plans — a way of offering employee benefits that skirts requirements like those in the Affordable Care Act — but experts say if Republicans want to continue their decadeslong quest to promote those plans, pushing for legislation on Capitol Hill is their best bet.

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