Richard H. Hughes, IV, Member of the Firm in the Health Care & Life Sciences practice, in the firm’s Washington, DC, office, was quoted in AIS Health, in “Survival of Preventive Care Coverage Mandate Would Boost Some Health Care Firms,” by Leslie Small. (Read the full version – subscription required.)
Following is an excerpt:
Although health insurers don’t have much to lose in a Supreme Court case concerning free preventive care coverage, certain diagnostics companies and pharmaceutical firms are very invested in the outcome. Those firms — and their investors — received a welcome surprise on April 21 when oral arguments in the case known as Kennedy v. Braidwood suggested that the high court will protect one of the Affordable Care Act’s key provisions.
“The court surprisingly seems likely to uphold the constitutionality of the task force, including the appointment of task force members and the supervision by the HHS secretary,” Richard Hughes IV, a health care lawyer at Epstein Becker Green, wrote in an email to clients, reporters and other stakeholders after attending the oral arguments.
