How Chevron’s Overturn Could Complicate the Health Policy Environment

AJMC July 25, 2024
Christina Mattina

Legal and policy experts on a KFF webinar explained how the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn the Chevron precedent will impact legislators, agencies, and courts as they interpret and enforce policies in the health care realm.

When the Supreme Court overturned the longstanding Chevron doctrine on June 28,¹ it threw into uncertainty the rulemaking and interpretation processes for laws, including those affecting health care. According to legal and policy experts speaking at an event hosted virtually by KFF, this decision could have major implications for health policy, including more legal challenges to health-related regulations.

To begin, Kaye Pestaina, JD, vice president and director of the program on patient and consumer protections at KFF, explained that Chevron deference was a...

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