Tracking the most important health care lawsuits in U.S. courts today
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Issues We’re Tracking
- 340B Program 21 cases
- Affordable Care Act 76 cases 6 Topics
- Anticompetitive Practices 27 cases 3 Topics
- Artificial Intelligence 3 cases
- Consumer Protections 18 cases 3 Topics
- Cost Containment 16 cases
- Equity 51 cases 1 Topics
- ERISA 18 cases
- Federal Health Funding 55 cases 5 Topics
- Medicare Advantage 37 cases 4 Topics
- Medicare Drug Price Negotiation 22 cases
- No Surprises Act 58 cases 4 Topics
- Prescription Drug Affordability 22 cases 5 Topics
- Reproductive Health 54 cases 5 Topics
- Site-Neutral Payments 9 cases
- Transparency 8 cases

Our Team
We’re the experts on health care litigation. We’re here to make the process of navigating and understanding health care litigation easy.

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
- Court
- Idaho
- Goal
- Block defendant action +1 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-09746
PatientRightsAdvocate.org, Inc. v. American Medical Association
- Filed:
- August 13, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Illinois Northern — Eastern
- Goal
- Block defendant action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Fourth Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of a law +1 additional goal(s)
25-8077
State of Washington et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- December 29, 2025
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Ninth Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
1:25-cv-15137
American Hospital Association et al. v. PatientRightsAdvocate.org Inc.
- Filed:
- December 12, 2025
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Illinois Northern — Eastern
- Goal
- Award damages +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Briefing is ongoing
Motion to Dismiss Denied
- Court
- Michigan Western — Southern
- Goal
- Award damages +3 additional goal(s)
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- California Eastern
- Goal
- Award damages
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Fourth Circuit
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
2:26-cv-00061
Elevance Health Inc. et al. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- July 1, 2026
- Status
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Decision issued
Motions to Dismiss and for Preliminary Injunction Denied
- Court
- Georgia Southern — Brunswick
- Goal
- Compel agency action +2 additional goal(s)
- Status
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Briefing is ongoing
Motion to Dismiss Counterclaims Granted
- Court
- Texas Southern — Corpus Christi
- Goal
- Award damages
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- Eleventh Circuit
- Goal
- Award damages +2 additional goal(s)
1:26-cv-00431
AbbVie Inc. v. Department of Health and Human Services et al.
- Filed:
- February 11, 2026
- Status
- Briefing is ongoing
- Court
- District of Columbia
- Goal
- Block enforcement of an agency action +2 additional goal(s)
Key Dates
Answer Due
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