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Recent Action in Healthcare Costs
SB 146 – New Mexico
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
An act relating to hospitals; enacting a new section of the hospital funding act to provide affordable payment plans to patients under certain circumstances.
AB 1842 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health care coverage: Medication-assisted treatment. This bill would prohibit a medical service plan and a health insurer from subjecting a naloxone product or another opioid antagonist approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, …
AB 2072 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Group health care coverage: biomedical industry. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene), provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health …
AB 2098 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act: nondesignated hospitals: loan repayment. Under existing law, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act (act) authorizes the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to, among other things, make loans from …
AB 2110 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Medi-Cal: Adverse Childhood Experiences trauma screenings: providers. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The …
AB 2129 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Immediate postpartum contraception. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a …
AB 2169 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Prescription drug coverage: dose adjustments. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and …
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Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
An act relating to hospitals; enacting a new section of the hospital funding act to provide affordable payment plans to patients under certain circumstances.
AB 1842 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Health care coverage: Medication-assisted treatment. This bill would prohibit a medical service plan and a health insurer from subjecting a naloxone product or another opioid antagonist approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration, …
AB 2072 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Group health care coverage: biomedical industry. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975 (Knox-Keene), provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health …
AB 2098 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act: nondesignated hospitals: loan repayment. Under existing law, the California Health Facilities Financing Authority Act (act) authorizes the California Health Facilities Financing Authority to, among other things, make loans from …
AB 2110 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Medi-Cal: Adverse Childhood Experiences trauma screenings: providers. Existing law establishes the Medi-Cal program, which is administered by the State Department of Health Care Services and under which qualified low-income individuals receive health care services. The …
AB 2129 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Immediate postpartum contraception. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and makes a …
AB 2169 – California
Introduced: 2024 Status: In Process
Prescription drug coverage: dose adjustments. Existing law, the Knox-Keene Health Care Service Plan Act of 1975, provides for the licensure and regulation of health care service plans by the Department of Managed Health Care, and …
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Ross v. University of Pittsburgh Medical Center – Pennsylvania
District Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
On January 18, 2024, Victoria Ross, a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) nurse, filed an antitrust class action suit in the US District …
Braidwood Management Inc., et al. v. Becerra, et al. – Federal
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Pending
Braidwood Management, an organization that represents Christian businesses based in Texas, and a group of individuals from Texas filed a complaint to challenge parts of …
Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers v. State of Ohio – Ohio
District Court: Common Pleas Court of Williams County Status: Decided
Ohio’s Healthcare Price Transparency Law, passed in June 2015 (HB 52) by the Ohio Legislature, has been challenged by health care providers arguing that the …
Minnesota v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC – Minnesota
District Court: District Court of New Jersey Status: Pending
Minnesota’s attorney general filed a suit accusing Sanofi, Eli Lilly, and Novo Nordisk, the three largest manufacturers of insulin, of price gouging. The lawsuit, filed in …
Herrera et al. v. JFK Medical Center et al. – Florida
District Court: M.D. Florida Status: Decided
In August 2014, plaintiffs filed a putative class action against multiple HCA-operated hospitals in Tampa, alleging they were charged unreasonable amounts for emergency radiological services. …
Alcon Labs., Inc. v. Cottrell – New Jersey
District Court: District of New Jersey Status: Decided
Consumers brought putative class action against manufacturers and distributors of prescription eye medication, alleging they packaged medication in such a way as to force consumers …
In re Express Scripts/Anthem ERISA Litigation – New York
District Court: Southern District of New York Status: Pending
The district court dismissed a proposed class action against Anthem Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. over drug pricing methods, holding that the companies can’t be …
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District Court: US District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Status: Pending
On January 18, 2024, Victoria Ross, a former University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) nurse, filed an antitrust class action suit in the US District …
Braidwood Management Inc., et al. v. Becerra, et al. – Federal
District Court: Northern District of Texas Status: Pending
Braidwood Management, an organization that represents Christian businesses based in Texas, and a group of individuals from Texas filed a complaint to challenge parts of …
Community Hospitals and Wellness Centers v. State of Ohio – Ohio
District Court: Common Pleas Court of Williams County Status: Decided
Ohio’s Healthcare Price Transparency Law, passed in June 2015 (HB 52) by the Ohio Legislature, has been challenged by health care providers arguing that the …
Minnesota v. Sanofi-Aventis U.S. LLC – Minnesota
District Court: District Court of New Jersey Status: Pending
Minnesota’s attorney general filed a suit accusing Sanofi, Eli Lilly, and Novo Nordisk, the three largest manufacturers of insulin, of price gouging. The lawsuit, filed in …
Herrera et al. v. JFK Medical Center et al. – Florida
District Court: M.D. Florida Status: Decided
In August 2014, plaintiffs filed a putative class action against multiple HCA-operated hospitals in Tampa, alleging they were charged unreasonable amounts for emergency radiological services. …
Alcon Labs., Inc. v. Cottrell – New Jersey
District Court: District of New Jersey Status: Decided
Consumers brought putative class action against manufacturers and distributors of prescription eye medication, alleging they packaged medication in such a way as to force consumers …
In re Express Scripts/Anthem ERISA Litigation – New York
District Court: Southern District of New York Status: Pending
The district court dismissed a proposed class action against Anthem Inc. and Express Scripts Inc. over drug pricing methods, holding that the companies can’t be …
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