ACA Doesn’t Preempt California Charity Care Regulation, 9th Circuit Says

Mealey's (April 7, 2020, 2:42 PM EDT) -- SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) does not preempt California’s charity care regulation requiring a hospital to provide a certain amount of indigent care or donate the equivalent amount of that care to entities that do, a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held April 2 (Deanco Healthcare LLC, et al. v. Xavier Becerra, et al., No. 19-55155, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 10407)....