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Federal Court Temporarily Halts Iowa’s PBM Reform Law Amid Legal Challenges

On June 11, 2025, Iowa enacted Senate File 383 (the Act), a comprehensive bill aimed at regulating pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) with the stated goals of increasing transparency, supporting independent pharmacies, and...more

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Supreme Court Narrows Medicaid Beneficiaries’ Right to Sue: Key Takeaways from Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic

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The Supreme Court of the United States has issued a significant healthcare decision in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic, a case which will likely have far-reaching implications for Medicaid beneficiaries and...more

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Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic: Oral Arguments Focus on Statutory ‘Magic Words’

On April 2, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Medina v. Planned Parenthood South Atlantic. At issue in Medina is § 1902(a)(23) of the Social Security Act (the Act),1 or the “free-choice-of-provider”...more

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Constitutional Challenges to Inflation Reduction Act Head to Courts of Appeals

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No legislation has garnered more attention in the life sciences industry in recent past than the so-called Drug Price Negotiation Program of the Inflation Reduction Act (the "Program"). ...more

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Navigating the Wild West of the New ACA Preventative Care Ruling

On March 30, Judge Reed O’Connor of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas issued a decision in Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra (“Braidwood”), invalidating the Affordable Care Act’s (“ACA’s”) mandate...more

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Update to Texas v. United States: Fifth Circuit Strikes Individual Mandate, Remands on Severability

On December 18th, 2019, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals released a long-awaited decision on a significant challenge to the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”), affirming a lower-court ruling that we discussed in a previous post....more

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Fifth Circuit Issues ACA Ruling, But Severability Question Remains

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A decision in Texas v. United States was issued by a divided three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on December 18, 2019. This case presented once again the question whether the Affordable Care Act...more

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Fifth Circuit Affirms Striking Down Individual Mandate of Affordable Care Act and Remands on Issue of Severability

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In a bold but conservative 2-1 decision Wednesday, The United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit affirmed the ruling of a federal district judge in Texas striking down the individual mandate of the Affordable Care...more

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Fifth Circuit Rules Individual Mandate Unconstitutional; Fate of Rest of ACA Remains in Doubt

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In a 2-1 decision, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld a district court ruling that the individual mandate under the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. However, the Fifth Circuit has sent the case back to the...more

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JUST IN: Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Reaches Decision on Latest Case Involving Constitutionality of ACA

December 18, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit reached its widely anticipated decision in Texas vs. Azar, ruling that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) individual mandate is unconstitutional as a...more

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Update to Texas v. United States: DOJ Files a Brief in Support of Eliminating the ACA

On May 1, 2019, the Department of Justice (“DOJ”) filed an initial brief (the “Brief”) with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (the “Fifth Circuit”) on behalf of the United States, in favor of upholding the lower...more

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Update to Texas v. United States

In our December blog post, we discussed Texas v. United States, No. 19-10011 (5th Cir.), a Texas federal district court decision which struck down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). The case is being appealed to...more

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