New York State Attorney General Letitia A. James and California Attorney General Xavier Becerra led the coalition of states and the District of Columbia challenging the rule's implementation.
A federal magistrate judge has blocked a Trump administration Affordable Care Act rule change related to abortion billing, declaring it without "reasoned explanation" and giving state Attorney General Letitia James and others in her coalition of states a hard-fought victory.
"In sum, agencies can change their policies when they provide a reasoned explanation for the change," wrote U.S. District Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler of the Northern District of California in addressing a Department of Health and Human Services change to the ACA that would have required separate abortion-based insurance billing.
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Jason Grant
Jason Grant is a staff writer covering legal stories and cases for the New York Law Journal, the National Law Journal and Law.com, and a former practicing attorney. He's written and reported previously for the New York Times, the Star-Ledger, the L.A. Times and other publications. Contact him at [email protected]. On Twitter, pls find him @JasonBarrGrant
