The state of Texas, along with Kansas and Louisiana, on Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging the legality of the Health Insurance Providers Fee required under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) . Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton ...
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Federal judge rejects Obama administration's request for immediate appeal on health care challenge
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday denied a request by the Obama administration to immediately appeal an earlier ruling that allowed a challenge to a provision of the...
US President Barack Obama signed the Protecting Affordable Coverage for Employees Act (HR 1624) into law on Wednesday. This law will amend the Affordable Care Act (ACA) by changing businesses with 51-100 employees...
Federal appeals court rules for employers on contraceptive coverage
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit ruled Thursday that the Affordable Care Act (ACA) violates the religious rights of employers by forcing them to help provide contraceptive coverage despite not being required...
A judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia on Wednesday ruled that Republican members of the House of Representatives have standing to sue the Secretaries of the Department of Health and...
"Religious Freedom" as a Shield and a Sword: Tensions Between Conflicting Rights
JURIST Guest Columnist Nancy Marcus of Indiana Tech Law School discusses religious freedom in the US...In a recent battle between reproductive rights and religious freedom, the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit in Stormans, Inc. v. Wiesman rejected...
New York Assembly votes in favor of universal health coverage
The New York Assembly voted 89-47 on Wednesday in favor of legislation establishing publicly funded universal health coverage in which all New York residents may enroll. Supporters of the legislation said that the coverage would be...
JURIST Guest Columnist Caroline Mala Corbin, of University of Miami School of Law, discusses whether filing paperwork in order to obtain a religious exemption is a substantial burden on religious liberty... Does filing paperwork in order to obtain a religious...
Federal appeals court rejects Notre Dame's plea for exemption from birth control mandate
The US Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit ruled 2-1 Tuesday that the University of Notre Dame shall not, at the time being, be exempted from the federal government's birth control mandate....
A Tale of Two Liberties: Indiana's Religious Freedom Laws and Implications beyond Marriage Equality
JURIST Guest Columnist Jeremiah A. Ho of the University of Massachusetts School of Law, discusses the amended Indiana "religious freedom" bills and marriage equality issues in the US... Despite a gaining momentum for extending marriage rights to same-sex couples nationwide,...