Becker's Healthcare January 13, 2025
The Supreme Court said Jan. 10 it would hear the landmark case that challenges a federal task force’s authority to require insurers to cover preventive care services under the ACA.
Braidwood Management, a Texas company, and other individuals originally sued HHS in 2021. The company argued the ACA requirement to cover preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention under its employee health plan violated the company’s religious freedoms.
In March 2023, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor ruled that recommendations made by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) after 2010 do not need to be complied with and blocked the federal government from enforcing its recommendations. This ruling applied to all private health insurance plans, not just the plaintiffs’. HHS...
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