Affordable Care Act

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of the Treasury today issued revised guidance for states seeking a Section 1332 waiver of certain Affordable Care Act requirements.

AHA General Counsel Melinda Hatton interviews Cate Stetson, acclaimed advocate and leader of the appellate practice at Hogan Lovells, about the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy and what it means for the legal challenges facing the Affordable Care Act and other legal cases that matter to hospitals and…

This Special Bulletin informs the members of AHA’s video discussion of the new U.S. Supreme Court vacancy.

AHA General Counsel Melinda Reid Hatton and acclaimed appellate litigator Cate Stetson, a partner at law firm Hogan Lovells, discuss Justice Ginsburg’s contribution to the Supreme Court and justice in America, the legal challenges facing the Affordable Care Act, and lawsuits that could affect…

Government Accountability Office agents made 31 covert phone calls to selected sales representatives in five states between November 2019 and January 2020, posing as individuals needing to purchase health insurance to cover pre-existing conditions to see whether the representatives engaged in…

A federal district court in New York blocked the Department of Health and Human Services from revising a 2016 rule implementing nondiscrimination protections for patients under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit affirmed a 2019 court order requiring the federal government to reimburse insurers for unpaid cost-sharing reductions provided through the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges in 2017 and 2018.

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services and Department of the Treasury approved a Section 1332 waiver for New Hampshire to implement a five-year reinsurance program for its individual health insurance market beginning in 2021.

The Department of Justice urged the Supreme Court to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, including its protections for pre-existing conditions and expansion of the Medicaid program.

More than 892,000 consumers in states using the HealthCare.gov platform gained 2020 coverage since the end of open enrollment through May by using a Special Enrollment Period, a 27% increase from the same period last year, according to a report released by the Centers for Medicare…