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Health Care

Fighting for equal access to quality, affordable health care for all Americans
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Summary

The Affordable Care Act ushered in a new era of healthcare access in America. CAC ensures that the rights established by the ACA and other health care laws are extended to all in America and fights attempts by interest groups and government officials to unlawfully deny or abridge them.

Health Care in Brief

Elizabeth Wydra and Ron Pollack at the Supreme Court following oral arguments in Halbig v. Burwell | Stephen Crowley, New York Times

For most of CAC’s existence, we have worked — with much success — to defend the Affordable Care Act from a series of attacks on the law’s guarantee of access to quality, affordable health care for all. As the nation deals with the challenges of a pandemic, that guarantee is more important than ever.

Featured Case

Health Care December 10, 2024

Idaho v. United States

Two years ago, after the Supreme Court ruled that there is no constitutional right to abortion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, Idaho enacted a near-total abortion ban. The United States sued Idaho, arguing that the state’s law is preempted, in part, by a federal law known as the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA), which requires hospitals that participate in the federal Medicare program to offer “stabilizing treatment,” including abortion, to patients who come to the hospital with an “emergency medical condition.” It asserted that in those limited but critically important situations in which abortion constitutes the...

Case Timeline

Current
  • The Ninth Circuit hears oral arguments
  • CAC files amici brief in the Ninth Circuit on behalf of members of Congress
  • Supreme Court issues its decision
    RELEASE: Supreme Court’s Decision in EMTALA Cases Is “Too Little, Too Late”