Justice delays health law’s birth control mandate
The U.S. Supreme Court has thrown a hitch into President Barack Obama's new health care law by blocking a requirement that some religion-affiliated organizations provide health insurance that includes birth control.
Countdown is on for federal health care mandate
As you toast the New Year, health care reform will probably be the last thing on your mind. But for many employers, the start of 2014 signals the start of new compliance obligations as well as the first real health care reform countdown – to 2015.
Court erases order to honor health care plans
A state appeals court has erased an order forcing the city of Green Bay and Brown County to honor their police's existing health care plans.
Despite delay, clock is ticking for ACA employment mandate
Businesses got a temporary reprieve in July when the Obama administration announced a yearlong delay in the enforcement of the federal requirement that employers provide health care coverage to workers or pay a fine.
US Supreme Court battle brews over contraception coverage, religious rights
Two years after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld most of the Affordable Care Act, high court drama over the federal health care law continues.
Scalia: Court shouldn’t ‘invent new minorities’
The U.S. Supreme Court is making decisions that should be left to Congress or the people, from wiretapping to "inventing" new classes of minorities, Justice Antonin Scalia said Monday.
Republicans accuse Obama of being indifferent to the rule of law
In the courts of law and public opinion, congressional Republicans increasingly accuse President Barack Obama of exceeding his constitutional authority for the benefit of special interests, most recently by delaying a requirement for businesses to provide health care for their workers.
ACA employer mandate delayed one year
Enforcement of the federal health care law mandate requiring employers to provide health care coverage to workers or face a fine has been delayed for a year, the Obama administration announced Tuesday.
Businesses sue IRS over employer health insurance mandate rule
A group of small businesses have filed a lawsuit challenging a rule imposed by the Internal Revenue Service under the federal health care law, alleging that the agency exceeded its authority by expanding the law’s employer mandate.
Insurers warn of ‘Obamacare’ sticker shock
Some Americans could see their insurance bills double next year as the health care overhaul law expands coverage to millions of people.
Justice Kennedy: Congress should hash out hot-button issues, not us
The U.S. Supreme Court has seen a dramatic increase in blockbuster cases on its docket, hearing highly politicized issues such as affirmative action, same-sex marriage, campaign finance rules, immigration and health care.
Major changes affecting health information privacy
Health care reform. Obamacare. The Affordable Care Act. Whichever term you use, privacy and protection of personal health information is one area of concern to insurers, health care providers, employers and individuals alike.
Legal News
- State Bar leaders remain deeply divided over special purpose trust
- Former Wisconsin college chancellor fired over porn career is fighting to keep his faculty post
- Pecker says he pledged to be Trump campaign’s ‘eyes and ears’ during 2016 race
- A conservative quest to limit diversity programs gains momentum in states
- Wisconsin prison inmate pleads not guilty to killing cellmate
- Waukesha man sentenced to 30 years for Sex Trafficking
- 12-year-old shot in Milwaukee Wednesday with ‘serious injuries’
- Milwaukee man convicted of laundering proceeds of business email compromise fraud schemes
- Giuliani, Meadows among 18 indicted in Arizona fake electors case
- Some State Bar diversity participants walk away from program
- Wisconsin court issues arrest warrant ‘in error’ for Minocqua Brewing owner
- Iranian nationals charged cyber campaign targeting U.S. Companies
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