"The district court granted summary judgment in favor of the Departments, holding that [1] the 2018 STLDI Rule was a reasonable interpretation of HIPAA and the ACA and [2] the change from the 2016 Rule to the 2018 STLDI Rule was not arbitrary and capricious. Specifically, Judge Leon noted that, 'the ACA's various reforms are interdependent and were designed to work together as features of the individual Exchange markets.... However, Congress clearly did not intend for the law to apply to all species of individual health insurance.' " [Association for Community Affiliated Plans v. U.S. Dept. of the Treasury, No. 19-5212 (D.C. Cir. Jul. 17, 2020)]

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