Use of ACA preventive services potentially affected by Braidwood v. Becerra

KFF May 25, 2023
Krutika Amin, Shameek Rakshit, Cynthia Cox, Gary Claxton, Allison Carley

This analysis uses private insurance claims data to examine the number of people who received preventive services that could be affected by a now-stayed U.S. District Court ruling in Braidwood Management v. Becerra, which found the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive services mandate partially unconstitutional.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most private health plans to cover some in-network preventive services without cost-sharing for enrollees. On March 30, 2023, the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas excluded from the requirement all preventive care recommendations issued by the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) on or after March 23, 2010, when the ACA was signed into law. The district court also found that...

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