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Trump Administration Constitutional Challenges Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA)

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: July 8, 2025

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With the reconciliation package signed into law, the U.S. House of Representatives is in recess and will return on July 14, 2025. In the interim, the U.S. Senate will focus on the appropriations bills for fiscal year (FY)...more

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Holland & Knight Health Dose: January 21, 2025

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Holland & Knight Health Dose Holland & Knight Health Dose is an in-depth weekly dose of legislative and regulatory insights to keep stakeholders abreast of happenings in Washington, D.C., impacting the health sector....more

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Price Transparency in Hospitals – Is Hospital Pricing Data a Protected Trade Secret?

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By this point, it's no secret the cost of healthcare services can vary dramatically between different providers of the same services. The Bush, Obama, Trump and Biden administrations all pushed for price transparency in...more

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The Courts and Healthcare Policy - June 2021

2020 saw the courts continuing to play an important role in health policy with several notable lawsuits related to the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Several other Trump administration policies were challenged, including Medicare...more

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The Biden Administration’s Health Insurance Priorities

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The Biden Administration wasted no time in implementing some of the new President’s campaign promises relating to health insurance and the Affordable Care Act (“ACA”). First, on February 10 the Department of Justice filed a...more

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The Affordable Care Act at Risk: American Health Policy at a Crossroads

We are at a major crossroads in U.S. health policy. The direction for American health care in 2021 and beyond will depend in large part on events that are unfolding now, and that will come to fruition in the first half of...more

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SCOTUS Wrapup and Preview 2020

In this episode, recorded on Sept. 14, Akin Gump Supreme Court and appellate practice co-head Pratik Shah returns to review the 2019 Supreme Court Term and preview the big cases and topics in the October 2020 Term. Among...more

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ACA Attacked By Left and Right; New Jersey’s Response

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After the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in a 2-1 decision last December, declared the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual health insurance mandate unconstitutional as a result of Congress’ elimination of...more

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Trump administration reversal would take away FDA’s authority to approve biosimilars

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On June 25, 2020, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a brief in the United States Supreme Court that reverses the government’s prior position by arguing that none of the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable...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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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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ERISA Alert: An Update on Health and Welfare and Retirement Plans

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Health and Welfare Plan Update - It is 9:00 p.m., do you know where your health plan data is? As IT systems continue to expand, and data is accessed, moved and stored in many new and different ways, the Office for Civil...more

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2019: What to Expect in Health Care Policy

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Health care issues will remain a central focus in Washington throughout 2019. Having gained control of the House following the 2018 mid-term elections, Democrats now have the ability to block President Trump's legislative...more

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K&L Gates Triage: Triage in 2019: Health Care Topics to Watch in the New Year

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As K&L Gates begins its third season of Triage: Rapid Legal Lessons for Busy Health Care Professionals, Hilary Bowman previews several topics that the health care practice group anticipates will have a significant impact on...more

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Skadden's 2019 Insights: Trump Policy Actions Could Reshape Health Care and Life Sciences Landscape

In 2018, President Donald Trump and numerous executive branch agencies announced proposals that, if implemented, will reshape the landscape for virtually every sector of the health care industry. Many of these proposals are...more

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Texas v. United States decision could impact employer-sponsored health plans

On December 14, 2018, a Texas District Court ruled that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) requirement that certain individuals maintain a minimum level of health coverage, often referred to as the “Individual Mandate,” is...more

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Weekly Update Newsletter - December 2018 #4

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GOVERNMENT CONTRACTING - According to a Bloomberg Government article, more than 30,000 federal contracting opportunities at twenty-eight (28) agencies are coming up for competition in the coming fiscal years. In a webinar,...more

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Texas Judge Declares the Affordable Care Act Unconstitutional – What’s Next?

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As reported in our “2018 End of Year Plan Sponsor “To Do” List (Part 1) Health & Welfare,” the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act repealed the individual mandate, which spawned a lawsuit challenging the whole of the Affordable Care Act...more

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District Court Rules ACA Unconstitutional

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The Affordable Care Act returned to the front page this weekend when a federal district court in Texas issued an opinion striking down the entire law as unconstitutional. ...more

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ACA Still in Effect, Despite New Federal Court Ruling

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On December 14, 2018, a Texas federal court declared the entire Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional. Despite this broad holding (and clickbait headlines), employers should not expect to see any significant changes to...more

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Lower Court Strikes Down Obamacare; Effect Of Law Continues For Now

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On December 14, 2018, a federal District Court in Texas v. United States1 declared the Affordable Care Act (ACA) invalid because the individual mandate is destined to become unconstitutional under the Interstate Commerce...more

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Following Repeal of the Individual Mandate, Twenty States Challenge the Affordable Care Act

On February 26, 2018, twenty states (the “Plaintiffs”) jointly filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas requesting that the court strike down the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act...more

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Trump Administration Files Brief Supporting States’ Lawsuit Against ACA

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Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced last week that DOJ will not defend certain provisions of the Accordable Care Act in a challenge brought by the attorneys general of 20 states. The coalition of attorneys general filed...more

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House Republicans and Trump Administration File Joint Motion to Delay Suit Challenging Obamacare Subsidies

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An interesting development transpired Tuesday, February 21, 2017 in a case pending in Federal District Court in the District of Columbia that challenges subsidy payments from the Federal Treasury to support Obamacare. The...more

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