KFF March 20, 2023
The provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that requires most private health plans to cover many preventive services without any cost-sharing for their enrollees is being challenged in federal court. The U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas in September concluded that aspects of the requirement were unconstitutional and violated religious rights but has allowed the provision to remain in effect while it considers a remedy.
As the courts consider the ACA’s preventive services requirement, a new KFF analysis finds that roughly 100 million people received ACA-required preventive services with no patient cost-sharing in a typical year.
Overall, about 60% of the 173 million people enrolled in private health coverage used at least one of the ACA’s...
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