Last week, under a rarely used procedure known as a discharge motion, the House of Representatives passed a three-year extension of the enhanced Affordable Care Act (ACA) healthcare tax credit, which expired on December 31.
“Would legislators take the opportunity to redo some parts of the BPCIA, if they had the chance? Both [Alex] Brill and Hayes said while that, too, is theoretically possible—such as shortening the period of patent exclusivity or changing other aspects of the patent dance—the danger is that it would then get stuck in the quagmire of politics.”
