California Attorney General Rob Bonta (D) this week announced a lawsuit against Providence Saint Joseph Medical Center, alleging the hospital refused to provide an abortion to a woman despite her pregnancy presenting an immediate threat to her life and no longer being viable. Bonta’s complaint cited the case of Anna Nusslock, who was 15 weeks […]
Kentucky’s attorney general is suing the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) Express Scripts over its role in “worsening” the state’s opioid crisis. In the complaint filed in state court, Attorney General Russell Coleman (R) argued Express Scripts “is at the center of” the opioid dispensing chain that helped fuel the crisis. Coleman claimed the company and […]
The state of Kansas filed a lawsuit on Monday against pharmaceutical company Pfizer, alleging the company made “misleading claims” about the effectiveness of the COVID-19 vaccine and the risks associated with the shot. The suit, filed by Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach (R) in the District Court of Thomas County, claims Pfizer misled Kansas residents […]
An industry lawsuit is urging a federal court to overturn the Biden administration’s new mandatory minimum staffing requirements on nursing homes, arguing the federal Medicare agency exceeded its authority. The complaint argues Congress never gave the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) the authority “to impose such onerous and unachievable mandates on practically every […]
A South Carolina woman who said she was forced to travel out of state for an abortion due to a law banning the procedure after the detection of a “fetal heartbeat” is asking a court to clarify whether that milestone occurs at six weeks or nine weeks of pregnancy. In a lawsuit filed in state circuit […]
A pregnant woman in Kentucky filed a lawsuit Friday demanding the right to an abortion, challenging the state’s six-week ban, as well as its near-total “trigger” ban. The lawsuit was filed in state court on behalf of an anonymous woman using the pseudonym Jane Doe, who is about eight weeks pregnant and can’t legally obtain […]
Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita (R) has filed a lawsuit against the health system where a 10-year-old Ohio girl received abortion services last year after being denied in her home state, alleging the institution failed to enforce HIPAA. In July of last year, Indiana OB-GYN Caitlin Bernard, employed by IU Health, garnered national attention after […]
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce announced Friday it is suing the Biden administration over the Medicare price negotiation provisions that were included in the Inflation Reduction Act, becoming the second organization to challenge the measure after Merck filed a lawsuit earlier this week. “Government price controls harm patients, limit access to medicine, and stifle American […]
Merck filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration on Tuesday over Medicare’s ability to negotiate drug prices under the Inflation Reduction Act, calling the provision a “sham,” asking that it be declared unconstitutional and that any agreements reached by the program be blocked. When the Inflation Reduction Act passed last year, it included the Medicare […]
A former CVS employee filed a lawsuit against the company Wednesday for allegedly violating her religious beliefs after she was fired for refusing to prescribe birth control. J. Robyn Strader worked as a nurse practitioner at a Texas CVS Minute Clinic for six and a half years, saying that CVS granted her a religious accommodation […]