On Tuesday, June 21, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected an appeal by UnitedHealth Group, Inc., leaving in place a federal rule requiring Medicare Advantage plans to return overpayments based upon wrongful diagnoses.

On Monday, February 22, 2021, the Acting Solicitor General, Elizabeth Prelogar, asked the U.S. Supreme Court to cancel oral argument, scheduled for March 29, 2021, in a case dealing with a Medicaid work requirement imposed by the Trump administration. 

On Friday, July 20, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Richard J. Leon in Washington, D.C. ruled that the expansion of short-term health plans by the Trump administration caused “minimal” difficulty and found that their “benefits are undeniable.” The expansion permits short-term health insurance plans that generally are less costly than those provided under the Affordable Care Act (ACA) but are less comprehensive.

On the evening of Friday, December 14, 2018, U.S. Federal District Court Judge Reed O’Connor of the Northern District of Texas held, “The Court…declares the Individual Mandate (of the ACA) … unconstitutional”. In addition, the judge stated in his opinion, “Further, the Court declares the remaining provisions of the ACA…are inseverable and therefore invalid”.