Tracking the most important health care lawsuits in U.S. courts today
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Issues We’re Tracking
- 340B Program 21 cases
- Equity 53 cases 1 Topics
- Federal Health Funding 58 cases 5 Topics
- Health Care Affordability 63 cases 8 Topics
- Medicare Advantage 38 cases 5 Topics
- Prescription Drug Pricing 42 cases 5 Topics
- Private Health Insurance 114 cases 13 Topics
- Reproductive Health 53 cases 5 Topics
- Transparency and Quality 9 cases

Our Team
We created the Health Care Litigation Tracker to make it easier to monitor the cases you care about and understand how courts are shaping health policy.

Katie Keith
Director of the Center for Health Policy and the Law at the O’Neill Institute

Andrew J. Twinamatsiko
Director of the Center for Health Policy and the Law at the O’Neill Institute
Latest Updates
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
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- Maryland — Northern
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Seventh Circuit
- Goal
- Award damages +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
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- Maryland — Southern
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +3 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-01684
National Family Planning & Reproductive Health Association et al. v. Kennedy et al.
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- June 18, 2026
- Status
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Decision issued
Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss Granted
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- Pennsylvania Middle
- Goal
- Block enforcement of agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Pennsylvania Western
- Goal
- Award damages +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Pennsylvania Western
- Goal
- Award damages +3 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-02460
Hennepin County, Minnesota et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
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- July 14, 2026
- Status
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Decision issued
Motion for Preliminary Injunction Granted in Part
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- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Block enforcement of agency action +2 additional goal(s)
4:26-cv-00748
Federal Trade Commission et al. v. World Professional Association for Transgender Health Inc. et al.
- Filed:
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Texas Northern — Fort Worth
- Goal
- Award restitution +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Texas Northern — Fort Worth
- Goal
- Block enforcement of agency action +2 additional goal(s)
2:26-cv-01005
Cleveland Bakers and Teamsters Health and Welfare Fund v. OhioHealth Corporation
- Filed:
- August 19, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
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- Ohio Southern — Western
- Goal
- Award damages +4 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-12638
American Academy of HIV Medicine et al. v. Health Resources and Services Administration et al.
- Filed:
- June 10, 2026
- Status
- Case Stayed
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- Massachusetts
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
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- New York Eastern
- Goal
- Block defendant action
Key Dates
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Amended Complaint Due
Joint Discovery Plan Due
Defendants’ Reply Re: Motions to Dismiss Due
Joint Report Due
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Joint Status Report Due
Scheduling Conference
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Responses to Motion for Discovery Due
Joint Appendix and Plaintiffs’ Opening Brief Due
Oral Argument
Defendants’ Response Brief Due
Oral Argument
Hearing on Motions to Strike, Dismiss, and Stay Discovery
Defendants’ Response to Amended Complaint Due
Plaintiff’s Reply Brief Due
Hearing on Motions to Dismiss
Oral Argument
Status Conference
Defendants’ Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Expert Disclosure Due
Joint Status Report Due
Plaintiff’s Opening Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Class Certification Due
Plaintiff’s Reply Brief Due
Defendant’s Response Due
Defendants’ Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment Due
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Joint Status Report Due
Hearing on Motion for Summary Judgment
Hearing on Motions to Dismiss
Petition for Rehearing En Banc Due
Oral Argument
Joint Status Report Due
Hearing on Motion to Dismiss
Plaintiff’s Response Brief Due
Joint Status Report Due
Oral Argument
Discovery Deadline
Defendants’ Opening Brief Due
Plaintiff’s Response Brief Due
Defendant’s Response Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Response Brief Due
Plaintiffs’ Motion for Summary Judgment Due
Defendants’ Response Brief Due
Rule 26(f) Report Due
Joint Status Report Due
Motion to Certify Class Due
Plaintiff’s Expert Disclosure Due
Joint Notice Due
Case Management Conference
Joint Status Report Due
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