Parties Brief Appeals Court On Notre Dame’s Impact On ACA Challenge

Mealey's (June 16, 2015, 9:57 AM EDT) -- DENVER — Plaintiffs in a challenge to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) contraceptive mandate and its opt-out procedures told a federal appeals court that a recent Supreme Court move establishes that it must prevail. The government told the court that a “grant and vacate” decision says nothing about the merits of the opinion (Little Sisters of the Poor Home for the Aged, Denver Colorado, et al. v. Sylvia Burwell, et al., No. 13-1540, 10th Cir.)....