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Litigation

Nov. 15, 2013

Affordable Care Act to open new litigation landscape for plaintiffs' lawyers

Attorneys anticipate a bank of new litigation as the new health care law is realized beginning in January - everything from bad faith disputes to allegations against employers.


By Alexandra Schwappach


Daily Journal Staff Writer


By requiring insurance companies to cover all applicants within new minimum standards and offer the same rates regardless of pre-existing conditions, the Affordable Care Act puts an end to a list of legal battles that ravaged the health care sector for years. But attorneys anticipate a bank of fresh litigation as the new health care law's individual mandate kicks in beginning in January - everything...

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