ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY AFFILIATED PLANS et al v. UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY et al

  1. July 19, 2019

    Trump Admin's Short-Term Insurance Rule Survives Challenge

    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.

  2. March 29, 2019

    Legal Bruises Add Up For Trump's Health Policy Vision

    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.

  3. March 18, 2019

    No Evidence Of Harm From ACA-Exempt Plans, Feds Insist

    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.

  4. February 25, 2019

    Gov't, Health Orgs Seek Wins In Suit Over ACA-Exempt Plans

    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.

  5. October 26, 2018

    Too Late To Stop Bargain Bin Health Plans, Judge Says

    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.

  6. October 01, 2018

    Health Care Advocates Ask For Block Of ACA-Skirting Plans

    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.

  7. September 14, 2018

    Trump Admin. Sued For Extending ACA-Skirting Insurance

    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.