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The US Supreme Court heard oral arguments in two cases Wednesday. The first case heard Wednesday was County of Maui, Hawaii v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. The central issue in the case is “hether the Clean Water Act requires a permit when pollutants originate from a point source but are conveyed to navigable waters by a [...]

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The US Supreme Court added 13 cases to its docket for the October 2019 term Friday, including three cases challenging the Trump administration’s decision to terminate the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program that protected undocumented immigrants who arrived in the US as children from deportation. The court also denied review of an Alabama [...]

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A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Thursday ruled that attempts to expand access to health insurance plans that do not satisfy Affordable Care Act (ACA) regulations are unreasonable and illegal. US District Judge John Bates concluded that attempts to increase access to Association Health Plans, which provide fewer [...]

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A federal judge ruled Tuesday against UnitedHealth Group and its subsidiary United Behavioral Health, saying the insurer used overly restrictive guidelines to improperly deny benefits to thousands of mentally ill insureds. United Behavioral provides “mental health and substance use disorder benefits for commercial welfare benefit plans.” The plaintiffs filed a lawsuit under the Employee Retirement [...]

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The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) has filed a lawsuit in federal court against Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro over what UPMC describes as the AG “illegally taking over nonprofit healthcare”. UPMC is seeking class action status to sue for injunctive relief and federal equal protection against Shapiro’s interference in federal programs. UPMC argues [...]

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