The Courts

The 20 Republican states challenging HHS to strike the Affordable Care Act in Texas v. HHS told the court that if the judge agrees with the Department of Justice’s call to eliminate preexisting conditions coverage, the decision should only apply to the GOP-led states filing the suit, not other states.

Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin (R) is prepared to take the legal battle over Medicaid work requirements all the way to the Supreme Court if necessary.

A bipartisan group of nine governors are urging the Trump administration to end its effort to roll back protections for people with preexisting conditions in a highly watched case in Texas where 20 GOP-led states are challenging the ACA.

Dozens of key health care stakeholder groups and academics from both sides of the aisle are asking a federal court in Texas to reject the Trump administration's unexpected request to scrap the Affordable Care Act's health insurance protections for preexisting conditions, filing amicus briefs that take issue with the administration and 20 GOP-led states' position that Congress' repeal of the individual mandate negates the preexisting conditions provisions of the health law.

On the verge of a key court hearing on Medicaid work requirements, Kentucky told a federal judge that it has determined most of the plaintiffs challenging the state’s work requirements will not be subject to those requirements when they start taking effect next month.

Attorneys for both Allergan and Mylan faced pointed questions earlier this month from Federal Circuit judges, who are now tasked with deciding whether Allergan’s sale of its drug patents to a Native American tribe can shield those patents from inter partes review.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters that the entirety of the Senate supports coverage of preexisting conditions, even though the Trump administration’s Department of Justice recently argued to invalidate the ban on denying coverage for those with preexisting conditions as well as health underwriting.

The Department of Justice's months-long silence over an effort by GOP-led states to fully toss out the Affordable Care Act now that Congress has repealed the individual mandate will come to an end Thursday (June 7) when administration is required to respond to the states' arguments.

CMS is collecting data for the 2017 plan year cost-sharing reduction (CSR) reconciliation process through Friday (June 1) and reiterated in a recent webinar that issuers who are owed more than they received through the advanced CSRs will not be paid without a congressional appropriation.