by Adaobi Ezeokoli | May 6, 2026 | Health Care in Motion, Health Law & Policy, Commentary, Uncategorized
The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, also known as HR 1, will result in significant cuts to Medicaid and shift more costs to the states, at a time when state budgets are already under strain. The hits to state budgets from HR 1 have already begun and will continue through...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Apr 22, 2026 | Newsletter, Health Care in Motion, Health Law & Policy, Commentary
As part of its unprecedented immigration enforcement actions, the Trump Administration has begun using data that the federal government collects on individuals, including Medicaid data, for immigration enforcement purposes. Despite previous assurances that such...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Apr 8, 2026 | Health Care in Motion, Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On March 31, International Transgender Day of Visibility, the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional on First Amendment grounds a Colorado law banning conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ minors. In Chiles v. Salazar, the Court paved the way for challenges to similar state...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 29, 2025 | Health Care in Motion, Health Law & Policy
We are on track to experience the longest government shutdown on record, with Republicans and Democrats each waiting for the other side to blink first. Over 700,000 federal employees have been furloughed and tens of thousands of government workers are working without...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Oct 16, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
The Trump Administration has taken aim at several public health tools that seek to address the very issues on which the Administration predicates its attacks. Beginning with another Executive Order, the Trump administration has made several policy moves toward...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Sep 30, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
As we approach the thirteenth annual Affordable Care Act (ACA) open enrollment period, consumers, assisters, and providers are preparing for significant changes that could affect how people enroll in coverage, what they will pay, and what their plans will cover. These...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 25, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Coupled with increasingly menacing rhetoric, highly visible Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids, and other stepped-up immigration enforcement efforts, the Trump Administration is now targeting immigrant access to health care as another front in its attacks...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jul 11, 2025 | Health Care in Motion, Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Despite dire warnings from patient groups, hospital stakeholders, and state governors that major health care cuts would harm individuals, families, and the economy, slim Republican majorities in the House and Senate succeeded in passing their sweeping budget...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 30, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
In an important decision upholding yet another provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme Court on Friday held constitutional the ACA’s requirement that private insurers cover certain recommended preventive services without cost-sharing. The decision...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 25, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Over the past several weeks, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has taken several concerning actions to change how vaccines are approved and recommended in the United States. At the core of HHS action is the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 20, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
On June 18, the Supreme Court issued its decision in U.S. v. Skrmetti, allowing states to ban gender-affirming care for minors. The case was brought by three transgender youth, their families, and a medical provider to challenge the constitutionality of a Tennessee...
by Adaobi Ezeokoli | Jun 18, 2025 | Health Law & Policy, Commentary
Late in the day on Monday, June 17, the Senate Finance Committee released its much anticipated bill text for the areas over which the committee has jurisdiction. Despite growing alarm from patient groups, hospital stakeholders, and state governors, the Senate appears...
