The $1.9 trillion coronavirus relief package, the American Rescue Plan, includes money for rural hospitals, billions of dollars for COVID-19 testing and contact tracing, and extra subsidies to help people buy health coverage...more
3/31/2021
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Virus Testing
The 117th Congressional health care agenda, including COVID-19 related action, will require 60 votes in the Senate or passage through budget reconciliation. Epstein Becker Green attorneys Mark Lutes, Philo Hall, and Timothy...more
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
11/19/2020
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On October 22, 2018, in perhaps the most significant guidance resulting from President Trump’s 2017 Executive Order 13813, “Promoting Healthcare Choice and Competition Across the United States” (“2017 Executive Order”), the...more
1/10/2019
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Health Insurance ,
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Medicare ,
Proposed Regulation ,
Qualified Small Employer Health Reimbursement Plan (QSEHRAs) ,
TRICARE ,
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In an unexpectedly broad ruling issued December 14, 2018, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas declared the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”) as unconstitutional in its entirety. This decision, if ultimately...more
12/19/2018
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Biosimilars ,
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Declaratory Judgments ,
Department of Justice (DOJ) ,
Employer Group Health Plans ,
Health Care Providers ,
Health Insurance ,
Healthcare ,
Healthcare Reform ,
HRA ,
Individual Mandate ,
Internal Revenue Code (IRC) ,
Kathleen Sebelius ,
Medicaid ,
Medicaid Expansion ,
Pharmaceutical Industry ,
Popular ,
Severability Doctrine ,
Tax Cuts and Jobs Act
The new version of the Senate Republicans’ draft bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act (ACA), known as the Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA), was released July 13. This second pass includes changes meant to...more
When the House of Representatives narrowly passed H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act (AHCA), and shipped it across the Capitol for the Senate’s consideration, key senators said they intended to write their own bill...more
6/23/2017
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As we predicted on March 6, 2017, though not without a detour, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill to repeal and replace key portions of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) and to alter the structure of Medicaid...more
The first 100 days of a new presidential administration serves as a traditional, if somewhat arbitrary, demarcation point. April 29, 2017, serves as the 100th day of the Trump administration, and we now have insight into how...more
While the titans on Capitol Hill clash over the best answer to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Trump administration is promoting action at the state level that could produce meaningful impact soon. Health industry...more