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Legal Experts Predict How US Supreme Court Shake-Up Will Impact Medtech

The passing of the high court’s Ginsburg threatens the outcome of ACA medical device coverage in an upcoming Supreme Court case

 
• By Sue Darcey

If President Donald Trump appoints, and the Senate approves, a new conservative justice for the Supreme Court to replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Affordable Care Act coverage could disappear. Two legal experts weigh in on this and other legal issues that could touch the medical device industry.

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The passing of liberal US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on 18 September jeopardizes Affordable Care Act coverage of medtech used to treat existing conditions including heart disease, cancer and diabetes, if the court rules to strike the entire ACA down in an upcoming case on its docket.

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