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On August 4, 2020, Missouri voters approved expanding Medicaid coverage in the state through an amendment to the state constitution, making Missouri the 38th to expand. The vote narrowly passed, receiving support from 53% of voters. It provides cover… Read More

The American Hospital Association and the Association of American Medical Colleges have announced that they will seek a rehearing of their lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit… Read More

In the consolidated cases Our Lady of Guadalupe School v. Morrisey-Berru and St. James School v. Biel, the Supreme Court held that the First Amendment’s Religion Clauses prevent the adjudication of employment discrimination claims brought by an emp… Read More

North Carolina’s legislature has chosen to delay implementing Medicaid expansion for at least another year. Instead, the legislature passed NC Senate Bill 808, which was signed by Governor Roy Cooper on July 2, 2020. The bill provides funding for t… Read More

On June 30, 2020, the citizens of Oklahoma narrowly approved a state question to expand Medicaid in the state. State Question 802 passed with 50.5% of voters’ support and is predicted to allow at least 200,000 Oklahoma adults to become eligible for… Read More

On June 29, 2020, the Georgia Supreme Court unanimously issued an opinion in a class action addressing claims that a hospital was committing fraud by filing liens for full charges when the negotiated amount paid may be significantly less. In the deci… Read More

On June 23, 2020, Judge Carl Nichols of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia issued a ruling in The American Hospital Association, et al., v. Azar case. The case, filed by a coalition of hospital groups, challenged the federal rule st… Read More

On June 15, 2020, the Supreme Court issued a 6-to-3 ruling that held that Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 applies to discrimination against gay and transgender workers. 42 U.S.C. §2000e-2(a)(1) makes it “unlawful … for an employer to f… Read More