Health care issues will be front and center during the upcoming Senate confirmation hearings for Brett Kavanaugh, President Trump’s nominee for a pivotal seat on the U.S. Supreme Court. A number of important health care cases could make their way to the high court in the coming years, and Kavanaugh’s vote could swing those decisions. They include a new Republican challenge to the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act; a patient lawsuit against Medicaid work requirements; challenges to the Trump administration’s cuts of ACA risk-corridor, risk-adjustment, and cost-sharing reduction payments to insurers; and lawsuits by Medicaid patients seeking the right to see the provider of their choice. (Harris Meyer, Modern Healthcare)
