Amicus Brief
The AHA weighs in on a number of issues of importance to hospitals and health systems, as well as the patients they care for, as they come before the court. Below are our most recent friend-of-the-court briefs.
Amici Brief and Motion for Leave to Participate as Amici Curiae in judgment against NLRB's Final Election Rule
The U.S. Supreme Court should uphold the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Acts individual mandate because the crisis of uninsurance substantially affects interstate commerce, the AHA and five other national hospital organizations said in a friend-of-the-court brief (insert link) filed today.…
While contending that the individual mandate to purchase health insurance contained in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is constitutional, if the U.S. Supreme Court finds it unconstitutional the court should rule on the severability of the mandate from the rest of the law and not…
AHA friend-of-the-court brief supporting the Colorado governor's decision to opt out of Medicares physician supervision requirement for certified registered nurse anesthetists to improve access to care for rural residents.
BRIEF FOR THE AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION ET AL. AS AMICI CURIAE IN SUPPORT OF FEDERAL PETITIONERS
The AHA, AAMC, CHA, FAH, NACH and NAPH favor enactment of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA). And it is why this Court should promptly grant the Governments petition for certiorari and hold that the ACA is a constitutional exercise of Congresss Commerce Clause power.
AHA Amicus Brief Filed With the Supreme Court to Enforce Medicaid Law
Twelve national organizations, including the AHA, today urged the U.S. Solicitor General to file an amicus brief in support of the providers in a U.S. Supreme Court case concerning whether Medicaid recipients and providers may sue to ensure that states comply with the federal Medicaid statute and…
The AHA, AAMC, CHA, FAH, NACH, and NAPHHS today filed a joint amici brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals opposing a lower court decision finding the ACA's individual mandate unconstitutional.
AHA and other hospital associations file amici brief in the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the lower court's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
AHA and other hospital associations file a joint amici brief in the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in support of the lower court's decision upholding the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.