by Eriksen Insurance | May 13, 2011 | Health Laws
POLITICO reports: “Despite a concerted drive by their ideological critics, two Supreme Court justices – Elena Kagan and Clarence Thomas – signaled late last month that they have no intention of recusing themselves from the court’s all but inevitable...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
Reuters reports: “Factbox: Lawsuits challenging U.S. healthcare reform Wed, Apr 27 10:27 AM EDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) – More than half of all U.S. states have launched lawsuits challenging the constitutionality of the healthcare reforms signed into law by...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
A weekly compilation from Aetna of health care-related developments in Washington, D.C. Week of April 25, 2011 The U.S. Supreme Court announced Monday that it had rejected a request from the state of Virginia to fast-track its challenge of the Affordable Care Act...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
USA Today reports: “WASHINGTON —The Supreme Court’s rejection Monday of a request from Virginia officials to hear the constitutionality of the federal health-care law ensures that the legal battle will play out first in lower appeals courts. The first action...
by Eriksen Insurance | Apr 30, 2011 | Health Laws, Insurance Reform
USA Today reports: “Legal challenges to the sweeping federal health care overhaul backed by the Obama administration are heading toward the Supreme Court, where the justices who would decide the law’s fate could have as much at stake as the parties...