With ‘Wild Card’ Trump, Future Is Murky for Key Health Policy Lawsuits

  • Jan 03, 2025

    As President-elect Donald Trump begins his second term later this month, lawyers are bracing for what will happen to the Affordable Care Act, No Surprises Act (NSA) and other major pieces of health care legislation that have been challenged in court. Attorneys and legal experts who are following select high-profile lawsuits pertaining to payers say that how the lawsuits turn out depends on how aggressive the Trump administration is in enforcing the legislation and how the Supreme Court and other courts decide to proceed. 

    One case in particular that health insurers and others in the industry this year will continue paying close attention to is Braidwood Management, Inc. v. Becerra, which challenges the legality of the ACA’s requirement that nearly all payers cover numerous preventive services without cost sharing. 

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  • Tim Casey

    Tim has been a reporter and editor for newspapers, websites and magazines for more than 20 years, including 10 years covering health care business topics. He has a deep knowledge of the managed care industry and pharmacy benefit management. He also has experience covering medical conferences and clinical and legislative health care issues. In 2014, the Society for Advancing Business Editing and Writing selected Tim as one of 15 journalists to participate in a national symposium on the Affordable Care Act. Tim has a B.A. in Psychology from the University of Notre Dame and an M.B.A. from Georgetown University.

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