July 19, 2019
A Washington, D.C., district judge granted the federal government a quick win on Friday in a legal challenge to a rule allowing Americans to use short-term health insurance plans, which skirt certain Affordable Care Act requirements, for three years instead of one.
March 29, 2019
The Trump administration’s health care agenda looks increasingly wobbly after a one-two punch of new legal blows to policies aimed at reshaping Medicaid and sidestepping the Affordable Care Act. Here, Law360 runs through Trump’s losses, triumphs and future fights on health policy.
March 18, 2019
The federal government and health care organizations on Friday blasted each other's bids for quick wins in a suit over the maximum duration for certain health plans exempt from Affordable Care Act requirements, with the government arguing there's no evidence of competitive injury to those selling ACA-compliant plans.
February 25, 2019
A group of health care organizations and the U.S. federal government both asked a D.C. federal judge for quick wins in a suit alleging three federal agencies wrongly extended the duration allowed for certain health plans exempt from Affordable Care Act coverage requirements.
October 26, 2018
A D.C. federal judge on Friday slammed a bid to temporarily pause the sale of low-priced health plans that aren't subject to Affordable Care Act coverage requirements, saying opponents of the plans are "dreaming" if they believe they will get an injunction before the open enrollment period ends in December.
October 01, 2018
Insurers, doctors and patient advocates asked a D.C. federal judge on Friday to bar the Trump administration from enforcing a "lawless rule" that they say would disrupt the health insurance market by extending for up to three years "short-term" policies that lack Affordable Care Act-guaranteed benefits.
September 14, 2018
The Trump administration flouted the Affordable Care Act when it allowed dramatically lengthier sales of purportedly "short-term" insurance policies that lack ACA benefits and protections, according to a complaint filed Friday by insurers, doctors and patient advocates.