Legal Opinion
Central United Life Insurance v. Sylvia Burwell
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided July 1, 2016No. 15-5310PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, Circuit Judge:
At issue in this appeal is whether the Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) colored outside the lines of its authority. The district court held that it did, and we agree.
The Public Health Service Act, 42 U.S.C. § 201 (“PHSA”), establishes cover-' age requirements for all health insurance plans except those it deems “excepted benefits.” Only those forms of insurance specifically enumerated in the PHSA can qualify as an excepted benefit and, for the benefits at issue here, that status is further conditioned on specific requirements: (1) the insurance plans must…
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