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Justices will hear appeal of abortion rule Baltimore challenged

February 22, 2021 Comments Off on Justices will hear appeal of abortion rule Baltimore challenged

The rule prohibiting taxpayer-funded clinics from referring clients to abortion providers has been interpreted in starkly different ways by Republican and Democratic administrations. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Over Baltimore’s objection, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday agreed to consider the legality of a federal rule barring taxpayer-funded pregnancy clinics from referring women for abortions. In a brief order, the justices said they will review a 4th U.S. ...

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Justices reject Baltimore’s Biden-based bid for delay in abortion appeal

December 11, 2020 Comments Off on Justices reject Baltimore’s Biden-based bid for delay in abortion appeal

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen as arguments are heard about the Affordable Care Act Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Citing Joe Biden’s presidential election victory, counsel for Baltimore this month urged the U.S. Supreme Court in vain to extend until after Inauguration Day the city’s deadline for responding to President Donald Trump’s request that the justices review and reinstate ...

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Trump administration seeks reinstatement of abortion rule after Baltimore victory

October 9, 2020 Comments Off on Trump administration seeks reinstatement of abortion rule after Baltimore victory

Pro-abortion rights protesters rally outside the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, March 2, 2016. The abortion debate is returning to the Supreme Court in the midst of a raucous presidential campaign and less than three weeks after Justice Antonin Scalia’s death. The justices are taking up the biggest case on the topic in nearly a quarter century and considering whether a Texas law that regulates abortion clinics hampers a woman’s constitutional right to obtain an abortion. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Seeking to overturn a legal victory for Baltimore, the Trump administration on Wednesday urged the U.S. Supreme Court to review and reinstate a federal rule that bars taxpayer-funded pregnancy clinics from referring women for abortions. In papers filed with the ...

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Judge rules cities’ Affordable Care Act lawsuit can proceed

April 13, 2020 Comments Off on Judge rules cities’ Affordable Care Act lawsuit can proceed

01.29.10 BALTIMORE, MD. Newly sworn-in Chief U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow, right, listens as former Chief Judge Benson Everett Legg, left, gives opening remarks during the Chief Judge Transition Ceremony Friday January 29, 2010. Chief Judge Chasanow is the first woman to hold the position. (The Daily Record/Rich Dennison)

A federal judge in Maryland has ruled that a lawsuit by several cities alleging that the Trump administration has sabotaged the Affordable Care Act can go forward.

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Supreme Court to decide the fate of Obama-era health care law

March 2, 2020 Comments Off on Supreme Court to decide the fate of Obama-era health care law

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2019 file photo, the Supreme Court is seen at sunset in Washington. The Supreme Court is ruling 5-4 to close the courthouse door on the parents of a Mexican teenager who was shot dead over the border by an American agent. The court's five conservative justices ruled Tuesday that the parents could not sue Border Patrol Agent Jesus Mesa Jr., who killed their unarmed 15-year-old son in 2010. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide a lawsuit that threatens the Obama-era health care law, a case that will keep health care squarely in front of voters even though a decision won’t come until after the ...

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Commission: Md. ACA protections could cost billions

January 20, 2020 Comments Off on Commission: Md. ACA protections could cost billions

Vincen DeMarco of the Maryland Citizens' Health Initiative speaks Jan. 6, 2020 at the Maryland Prescription Drug Affordability Board meeting. (The Daily Record / Tim Curtis)

Backing up the Affordable Care Act’s provisions in state law could have significant budget implications if the Supreme Court were to invalidate the entire federal law, but the Maryland General Assembly appears poised to push forward with enshrining those protections. ...

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Md. lawmakers to consider ACA protections again after federal ruling

December 24, 2019 Comments Off on Md. lawmakers to consider ACA protections again after federal ruling

10-27-2016 ELKTON, MD- Janet Maldonado, care transition nurse seen there training a patient, Frank Adams, how to use the Union hospital Telehealth System, which monitors patient health from home and lower re-admission rates. (The Daily Record/ Maximilian Franz).

The same week a federal appeals court declined to rule on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, a state legislative work group presented its draft legislation designed to enshrine the federal law’s consumer protections into state law if the ...

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U.S. House files brief in support of Baltimore’s ACA lawsuit

June 7, 2019 Comments Off on U.S. House files brief in support of Baltimore’s ACA lawsuit

In this Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2016, file photo, an American flag flies over Capitol Hill in Washington, as lawmakers return from a 7-week break. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)

The U.S. House of Representatives filed a brief Friday in support of Baltimore’s lawsuit over the Trump administration’s implementation of the Affordable Care Act, alleging “significant efforts to undermine” the act’s goals. The lawsuit, filed last August in U.S. District ...

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Highlights of new health care legislation in Maryland

June 4, 2019 Comments Off on Highlights of new health care legislation in Maryland

The Maryland General Assembly 2019 passed new health care legislation. Here are some highlights of the session: Affordable Care Act Next year’s Maryland tax return will include check boxes where, in addition to indicating health insurance status, individuals can choose ...

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Health insurance advocates accept Md. session’s small steps

April 1, 2019 Comments Off on Health insurance advocates accept Md. session’s small steps

5-1-18 Baltimore, MD- Beth Sammis, president, Consumer Health First, speaks at a hearing at the Maryland Health Benefit Exchange in May. (Maximilian Franz)

A week after President Donald Trump reasserted his desire to see the Affordable Care Act go away, Maryland lawmakers have passed or are poised to pass legislation designed to protect the landmark health law. In theory. The reality is that ...

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