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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPAC), also known as Obamacare, is a United States federal statute passed in March of 2010. The Act creates a nationwide insurance system and provides federal... more +

Executive Orders and Policy Updates

Jones Day on 4/3/2025

Since President Trump's inauguration, the Trump administration has issued a number of executive orders and policy actions with potential impacts for the life sciences industry. Notable actions include rescinding Biden-era...more

Navigating the Health Care Impacts of President Trump's First Executive Actions

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 1/30/2025

Since taking office for his second term on Jan. 20, 2025, President Donald Trump has issued a series of executive orders (EOs) aimed at undoing several health care policies implemented by the Biden administration, indicating...more

McDermottPlus Check-Up: May 19, 2023

McDermott+ on 5/19/2023

The House and Senate were both in session this week, with significant healthcare activity at the committee level. The House Ways & Means Committee met to discuss healthcare price transparency, and the Ways & Means Health...more

Likely Directions for the Biden Administration Health Care Regulatory Agenda

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 3/1/2022

With President Biden’s legislative agenda likely stalled for the time being, along with the upcoming midterm elections possibly shifting Congress to Republican control, it is likely that the administration will turn to...more

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - November 2021

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 11/4/2021

Welcome trends in health care put bad news in perspective We've had plenty of gloom-and-doom news about health care lately, but as we near the year-end holidays that focus on giving thanks, let's look at some positive...more

The Biden Administration’s Potential Impact on Health Care

Nossaman LLP on 2/19/2021

Congress and the Biden Administration are grappling with an economic stimulus bill that will touch many segments of American life, including health care, if it passes in the Senate. This has many clients wondering what impact...more

Health Care Provisions in House Budget Reconciliation Bill

Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck on 2/17/2021

Last week, four committees in the House of Representatives approved health care-related legislation as part of the $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill proposed by Democrats. This bill is modeled on President Joe Biden’s...more

Affordable Care Act: Executive Actions and Legislative Outlook

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 2/5/2021

On January 28, 2021, President Biden issued an Executive Order on Strengthening Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act, responsive to Democrats’ longstanding commitment to “roll back Trump’s health care sabotage [of the...more

Better Healthcare Newsletter from Patrick Malone - February 2021

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 2/1/2021

Health care has dominated national politics for more than a decade. Voters told pollsters it was a top concern heading into the 2020 campaign, and that only intensified with the coronavirus pandemic. As the new...more

The Health Care Priorities of the Biden Harris Administration and Post Election Outlook for the 117th Congress

Foley Hoag LLP on 12/4/2020

In a historic presidential election that began during the COVID-19 pandemic and ended with record voter turnout and mail-in ballots, former Vice President Joseph Biden of Delaware was declared the 46th president of the United...more

Election 2020 Snapshot: Impacts of the U.S. election for the life sciences and health care industry

Hogan Lovells on 12/1/2020

On November 19, leaders of our Life Sciences and Health Care team met for a panel discussion of the impacts on the industry of the 2020 U.S. election. This was the first event in a series of conversations, with other webinars...more

President-Elect Biden’s Potential Executive Actions: A Health Care & Life Sciences Perspective

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP on 11/24/2020

President-elect Biden’s agenda and approach for his first 100 days in office will depend to a large degree on which party controls the United States Senate. Many of the incoming President’s major campaign promises—such as...more

COVID-19 Report for Life Sciences and Health Care Companies (UPDATED)

Hogan Lovells on 11/24/2020

Tuesday, 24 November 2020 - U.S. President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to expand the role of the federal government in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, build on the Affordable Care Act, and continue drug...more

Election 2020 Snapshot: Helping our life sciences and health care clients make sense of the U.S. election results

Hogan Lovells on 11/19/2020

President-elect Joe Biden has pledged to expand the role of the federal government in response to the COVID-19 public health emergency, build on the Affordable Care Act, and continue drug pricing reform efforts. These actions...more

Healthcare Policy Update: Election Edition

Holland & Knight LLP on 11/12/2020

A presidential race called by media outlets for former Vice President Joe Biden, coupled with a diminished Democratic majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and a narrowly divided Senate, translates into a federal...more

Looking Around the Corner: Colorado’s Public Option Waits in the Wings

Polsinelli on 8/26/2020

As recently as March, 2020, before the coronavirus pandemic upended public life, the Colorado legislature was poised to enact significant new health care reforms. ...more

House Democrats Propose New Legislation to Bolster the ACA

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 6/29/2020

On June 24, 2020, House Democrats proposed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act (H.R. 1425) (the “Proposed Act”), legislation aimed at reinforcing the Affordable Care Act (the “ACA”) by: (i) lowering...more

With pandemic straining U.S. health care, what did ACA get done in a decade?

Patrick Malone & Associates P.C. | DC Injury... on 4/2/2020

As the coronavirus pandemic causes Americans sky-high anxiety about their health and how they might access and afford extensive medical treatment if infected, the nation slid with only modest public attention into the second...more

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