Nov. 29, 2022 – Americans are enrolling in Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplaces for 2023 at what appears to be a record-setting pace as healthcare becomes less of a political football. According to a report from President Joe Biden and Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra, nearly 3.4 million people have […]
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Aug. 16, 2021 – As part of his “Build Back Better” agenda, President Joe Biden re-emphasized in a televised address last week that he would like Congress to make changes that would allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices to reduce costs for “millions of Americans.” Specifically, Biden wants to see legislative reforms that would remove […]
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June 17, 2021 – Today the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is unconstitutional, leaving it as the law of the land. The Court ruled that the plaintiffs—a group of Republican attorneys general and two individuals—do not have legal standing to sue. According to Coalition for Healthcare Communication […]
Read more Feb. 1, 2021 – President Joe Biden presented his current vision for the state of the nation’s healthcare during last week’s “Health Care Day,” one of several themed presentations his administration is holding to roll out key policies. Describing Executive Orders that he signed in the healthcare arena, Biden stated that the best way to […]
Read more Nov. 11, 2020 – In yesterday’s oral arguments before the U.S. Supreme Court in the case concerning the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), several conservative justices, including two added to the bench since the last time the Supreme Court affirmed the ACA – Justices Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh – asked questions that […]
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Sept. 24, 2020 – As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear a case about the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) soon, the passing of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sharply increases the possibility that the ACA will be ruled unconstitutional, according to Coalition for Healthcare Communication Executive Director Jon Bigelow. The […]
Read more March 4, 2020 — The U.S. Supreme Court delivered a surprise on March 2 when it announced it will hear a challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) next term, leap-frogging over the process that was playing out in lower courts. Oral arguments have not yet been scheduled, but are likely to […]
Read more Jan. 3, 2020 – A late-December ruling from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit agreed with the U.S. District Court in Texas that the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA’s) individual mandate – which was premised on Congress’ taxing authority – was rendered invalid when the 2017 tax bill set the tax penalty at […]
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