By Porter Wright on Health care reform just got a clean bill of health from the United States Supreme Court. The Court today ruled on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act ("PPACA"), and generally upheld the legislation in a 5-4 decision written by Chief Justice John G. Roberts.… Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The health care reform legislation finally is having its day (well, actually several days) in court — in the United States Supreme Court no less. Other than for those fixated on the upcoming Final Four (unfortunately, the author’s team already has been eliminated and thus I am free to write this) or on the triumphant … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on We now have Q&A’s on the health care Summary of Benefits and Coverage. This guidance is incredibly late and is not binding, but it may be of assistance to everyone rushing to get this documentation put together and distributed. … Continue Reading
By Porter Wright on The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit in Atlanta on Friday ruled, in the 26-state challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) in Florida v, U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, that the health care reform law’s requirement that nearly all Americans have health insurance is unconstitutional. This ruling comes two months after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit upheld the constitutionality of PPACA.… Continue Reading