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Ah fuck. Everyone who told me Chevron being overturned wouldn’t matter can kindly have a seat now. I don’t really consider myself an expert in much but considering I’ve been working in health regs for the past almost 8 years, I knew this was 100% coming. I just didn’t think it would be so fast 😭

Days after the Chevron ruling a corporate healthcare system - which doesn’t pay any taxes despite being a profit-driven business - is now suing Medicare so that they can collect more *tax dollars* w/o having to meet the standards of care set by CMS. Some CMS regulations may be silly but this is bad.

Hackensack Meridian sues HHS secretary in wake of Chevron rulingwww.beckershospitalreview.com Learn about the recent lawsuit filed by Hackensack Meridian Health against HHS Secretary Xavier Becerra challenging his interpretation of Medicare statutes.

The complaint basically starts out by saying “Chevron being overruled means we don’t have to listen to Becerra anymore” and we are so fucked because this is going to be the sentiment moving forward

Yep, this is the start of it. And with the Blues focusing on building up their MedAdv business, you know they’ll throw themselves into this, too.

I expected something filed in central Texas day-of, personally.

😂 I mean that’s fair. I probably should have expected the same. I was thinking maybe a week to get something slapped together? But I should have known *someone* would have a complaint ready and waiting

We've also already likely lost the non-compete ban that would have been game changing for everyone...including people who want to keep their doctor or therapist when they get out of a toxic practice and have to walk dogs for two years or move across the country.

they had this loaded in the chamber ready to fire the second they were able

Yes! They were just waiting for the Loper citation so they could hit submit. 😩

Everyone told you wrong. This was a disaster from go.

Agreed. I’m so confused how people didn’t see this coming

One can only hope the case gets gummed up in the slow wheels of the system now.

The reimbursement suits (unlike the 1557 discrimination suits) probably won’t get resolved quickly. Unless one gets in front of a judge who really wants to see things burn. Which is a very real possibility

Since SCOTUS has also ruled that anything the President does is legal, as long as it's an "official act," I propose that Biden start issuing executive orders to his department heads to ignore any court rulings he disagrees with.

I support this

Who would ever say such a stupid thing? It matters for so MANY things in so many areas, it's a complete disaster. Vote blue! This needs to be reversed.

Agreed! It impacts so much more than health law but health is where I felt the most confident there would be an upset because it’s the area I know best. But I agree that *everyone* should have known this would be bad for all areas of administrative law

This is going to impact every part of our country. FAA, SEC, CDC, HHS, DOT, and more. The irony is SC said unelected experts can’t make regs, so unelected, non-expert fed judges and SC will decide. Horrible decision. Prediction: The system will grind to a halt because too many cases for judges.

That’s apparently a feature, not a bug. 😡

I am also not an expert. All I did was take a bunch of classes on regulations & exec reg agencies (a lot of EPA!), and I’m just an admin law nerd… brb screaming into the void. Anyway, at least we can count on extreme delays in federal court now, for everyone!

😭😭😭 the delays from these cases clogging up the system are going to SUCK

On the upside, I am lol-ing at Florida rn, bc they have recently started changing our civ pro rules to be closer to federal court bc “federal court is much faster.” LOL LOL LOL 🌝