Affordable Care Act

Oct 22, 2019

More choices and stable premiums for ‘Obamacare’ next year

Consumers will have more health insurance choices next year under the Obama-era health care law and premiums will dip slightly for many customers, the Trump administration announced this week. But […]

Oct 22, 2019

More choices and stable premiums for ‘Obamacare’ next year

Consumers will have more health insurance choices next year under the Obama-era health care law and premiums will dip slightly for many customers, the Trump administration announced this week. But […]

Mar 27, 2019

Centene to buy WellCare for $15B creating ACA powerhouse

Centene is spending more than $15 billion on rival WellCare to dive deeper into government-funded health coverage in the same week that President Donald Trump’s administration renewed its attack on […]

Sep 18, 2015

Constitutional : Affordable Care Act – Contraceptive Mandate – Substantial Burden

Dordt College v. Burwell (MLW No. 68324/Case No. 14-2726 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

Sep 18, 2015

Constitutional : Affordable Care Act – Contraceptive Mandate – Substantial Burden

Sharpe Holdings, Inc. v. U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (MLW No. 68323/Case No. 14-1507 – 25 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Wollman, J.)

Feb 5, 2014

Commentary: Employers, start now on preparing for ACA 2015 deadline

Even though 2015 is still nearly a year away, employers should immediately start (or restart) efforts to comply with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Feb 3, 2014

Supreme Court order requires nuns to notify HHS

The court issued a one-page, unsigned order granting injunctive relief to an order of Catholic nuns while the 10th Circuit considers the merits of their challenge to the contraception coverage requirement of the Affordable Care Act.

Jan 27, 2014

Missouri judge blocks law restricting Obamacare navigators

A Missouri law requiring licenses for counselors who help consumers find health insurance on the Obamacare exchanges was temporarily blocked by a U.S. judge, setting back a measure by Missouri lawmakers who are hostile to the federal health care law.

Jan 27, 2014

Nuns get court compromise on Obamacare birth-control rule

The one-page order, which came without published dissent after more than three weeks of deliberations, represents a compromise on an issue that might have divided the justices along ideological lines.

Jan 15, 2014

Advisers wary of Obamacare exchange dumping

One alternative companies are exploring is shifting employees who are too expensive to insure off of company plans and on to the federal health exchange.

Jan 10, 2014

Insurers giving Obamacare customers more time

Two of the largest U.S. health insurers are giving Obamacare customers more time to pay their initial premiums as the industry tries to coax millions of people to take the final step in cementing coverage for 2014.

Jan 6, 2014

Oral argument of OKC-based Hobby Lobby to be heard later this spring by U.S. Supreme Court

We have some indication as to when the U.S. Supreme Court may schedule the oral argument it granted in Hobby Lobby’s religious challenge to the emergency contraceptive mandate of the Affordable Care Act.