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Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee Transgender Care Ban

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In a widely awaited for decision, the Supreme Court in a 6-3 opinion authored by Justice Roberts held that a Tennessee law which prohibits certain medical treatments (puberty blockers and hormones) for transgender minors,...more

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Gender-Affirming Benefits: Best Practices for Group Health Plans

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Federal legislative and regulatory activity related to employer-sponsored group health plans shows no signs of slowing, particularly with the issuance of interpretive guidance regarding the transparency and surprise-billing...more

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The Demise of Roe v. Wade – An Analysis of the Critical Group Health Plan Issues for Employers

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The essential holding of the Supreme Court’s recent 6-3 decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization is that a woman’s ability to obtain an abortion in the United States is now to be determined entirely under...more

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After Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization: Impact on Employee Benefits

Employers and other group health plan sponsors are left with much to consider following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which overruled the Supreme Court’s prior landmark...more

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Post-Dobbs: FAQs for Employers and Other Benefit Plan Sponsors

Can group health plans continue to provide coverage for abortion-related expenses? In short, yes. Dobbs does not prohibit group health plans from covering abortion-related expenses. Instead, Dobbs eliminates federal...more

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What Employers Need To Know in a Post-Roe World

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On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that protected a woman’s right to have an abortion. In Dobbs, the Supreme Court...more

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SCOTUS Overrules Roe v. Wade: Part I: Potentially Wide-Ranging Impact on Companies Navigating Employee Benefits, Privacy...

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On June 24, 2022, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Authored by Justice Alito, the decision, which hewed closely to the draft opinion that was leaked on May 2, 2022, upheld...more

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Talk About Bruno . . . Health Plan Premium Surcharges & Vaccination Status

Last week, the US Supreme Court blocked the OSHA standard requiring private employers with 100 employees or more to vaccinate-or-test for COVID-19 from taking effect (more info here). With the fate of that standard likely...more

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New HHS Rules Will Provide Greater Protections Against Gender Identity Discrimination

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The Obama administration continues to use its executive authority to expand societal inclusion of transgender individuals. On September 3, the Department of Health and Human Services issued proposed rules under Section 1557...more

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Decision Alert: US Supreme Court Potentially Shifts the Balance in Healthcare Employee Benefits Litigation

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Justice Clarence Thomas and a unanimous US Supreme Court decided to vacate a Sixth Circuit decision and hold that the federal courts cannot assume from silence in a union’s collective bargain agreement that retiree group...more

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ACA Outlook: What Will 2015 Hold for the Affordable Care Act and Employers?

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For many employers, the effective date of the Affordable Care Act's "play-or-pay" mandate is only weeks away. The impending deadline comes amid questions about the future—and perhaps viability—of the law itself. Entering...more

Mintz - Health Care Viewpoints

Health Care Update - June 2014 #4

In This Issue: - Hobby Lobby decision further complicates ACA implementation - Implementation of the Affordable Care Act - Other Federal Regulatory Initiatives - Other Congressional and State...more

Miller Canfield

U.S. Supreme Court Case Could Alter Retiree Health Benefit Landscape

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The U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to review a 2013 Sixth Circuit decision that could alter the way collective bargaining agreement provisions covering retiree health benefits are interpreted. In Taketts v. M&G Polymers, the...more

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Agencies Issue Guidance on Same-Sex Marriage Impacting Employee Benefits

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On June 26, 2013, the United States Supreme Court, in United States v. Windsor, held that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (“DOMA”) is unconstitutional as a deprivation of the equal liberty of persons that is...more

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Supreme Court Finds DOMA to Be Unconstitutional -- Impact on Employers Explained

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On June 26, 2013, a majority of the Supreme Court held in United States v. Windsor that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage for purposes of federal law as the union of a man and a woman, is...more

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The View From Proskauer: Health Care Reform Litigation Risks —The Intersection of ERISA Section 510 and the Affordable Care Act’s...

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is significantly changing employer health care obligations under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA). Prior to ACA, the Supreme Court held that ERISA did not require employers to...more

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