July 09, 2024
Courts across the U.S. this year will oversee key cases to the healthcare industry, from multidistrict litigation over the Change Healthcare hack to a challenge of a state gender-affirming care ban at the Supreme Court. Here are the healthcare cases to watch in the second half of 2024.
May 15, 2023
The Fifth Circuit on Monday stayed a Texas judge's controversial ruling that blocked the government from enforcing an Affordable Care Act provision requiring insurance coverage for many preventive treatments — including cancer and diabetes screenings and pregnancy and postpartum care — pending the outcome of its appeal.
April 21, 2023
The federal government must provide more information to justify its request to freeze a decision that blocked an Affordable Care Act provision requiring insurance coverage for preventive treatments after a Texas federal judge expressed doubts that millions of Americans would be left without coverage.
April 20, 2023
The government urged a Texas federal judge to freeze a ruling that blocked an Affordable Care Act provision requiring insurance coverage for preventive treatments such as cancer screenings and HIV medicine, saying the March injunction could hurt millions of Americans.
April 13, 2023
The U.S. Department of Labor and three other agencies unveiled guidance Thursday for employer group health plans and insurers, responding to a recent court decision blocking the U.S. government from enforcing an Affordable Care Act provision requiring coverage for preventive treatments, including cancer and diabetes screenings.
April 06, 2023
A Texas federal court's decision blocking the government from enforcing preventative services requirements under the Affordable Care Act could ultimately lead health plans to reduce coverage, attorneys and advocates say, underscoring how a suit driven by religious objections to policy could have broader implications for public health.
March 30, 2023
A Texas federal judge on Thursday blocked the U.S. government from enforcing an Affordable Care Act provision requiring insurance coverage for many preventive treatments — including cancer and diabetes screenings, as well as pregnancy and postpartum care — expanding an earlier decision that said requiring coverage of HIV care flouted a religious employer's rights.
September 16, 2022
Recent court decisions are raising questions about religious employers and health care providers' obligations to provide or pay for health care for gay and transgender individuals under the Affordable Care Act, attorneys say, creating uncertainty the U.S. Supreme Court may eventually have to address.
September 07, 2022
A Texas federal judge ruled Wednesday that the U.S. government can't require a Christian-owned business to cover an HIV-prevention medication through its health insurance, saying the mandate enshrined in the Affordable Care Act flouted the employer's religious rights.
March 30, 2020
A Texas-based orthodontics company and a management company hit the government with a proposed class action in federal court Sunday, seeking to permanently block Affordable Care Act mandates that require insurance companies to cover contraceptives and drugs to prevent HIV.