Health Affairs May 16, 2020
Katie Keith

Recent weeks have brought a lot of Affordable Care Act (ACA) action before the Supreme Court. First, the Court ruled, in an 8-1 decision, that insurers were entitled to more than $12 billion in unpaid risk corridors payments. Second, oral argument was held over the validity of Trump-era rules to expand exemptions to the contraceptive mandate; a ruling in that case is expected later this summer. Third, opening briefs in California v. Texas were due on May 6.

This post summarizes the opening briefs from a California-led coalition of 21 attorneys general and governors and the U.S. House of Representatives; the latest on the Trump administration’s position in the lawsuit; and what happens next. A second post summarizes the amicus...

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