ObamaCare faces key hearing after Texas ruling
Source: The Hill
03/03/24 4:00 PM ET
A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments Monday on the Biden administrations appeal of a case that threatens the Affordable Care Acts (ACA) promise of free preventive care to more than 150 million people. A federal judge in Texas last year ruled that the laws mandate requiring employers and insurers to cover a host of preventive services, like certain cancer screenings and HIV prevention, was unconstitutional.
The ruling also invalidated the laws requirement that employers cover preexposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a medication for HIV prevention. If the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit upholds the decision, it could put patients on the hook for the full cost of potentially lifesaving treatments and screenings that are currently free, reshaping the health coverage landscape.
Without the requirement, health plans and employers can pick and choose which preventive services they cover. Cost-sharing will likely deter patients particularly those of limited means from scheduling those procedures. Everything is at stake. Vaccines, disease screening, PrEP for HIV, contraceptives
So were really looking at a risk to a lot of current recommended preventive services, said Richard Hughes, a health care attorney at Epstein Becker Green.
Since the enactment of the ACA, or ObamaCare, in 2010, more than 2,000 legal challenges have been filed in state and federal courts contesting all or part of the law. While it remains a popular law, lawsuits and conservative judges continue to try to weaken it. The ACA requires insurers to cover, without cost-sharing, more than 100 preventive health services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Read more: https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/4502079-obamacare-faces-key-hearing-after-texas-ruling/
Irish_Dem
(47,450 posts)Just like they wanted American citizens to be mass murdered with military grade weapons
as they went about their daily business.
More judges with blood on their hands.
magicarpet
(14,175 posts).... hell even Jebus said don't give the leapers a goddamn aspirin. He said let them suffer. God must be punishing them for one reason or another.
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Oh wait,... that might not be correct.
lastlib
(23,303 posts)It's called "GOPeeDon'tCare." (it's the one shown in the pictures.)
cbabe
(3,551 posts)Bayard
(22,163 posts)It should be running now!
SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)Stage IV colon cancers will see a significant increase. As will measles and everything else previously free vaccinations prevent.
Republicans are such evil fucks.
TexasBushwhacker
(20,219 posts)SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)Bayard
(22,163 posts)Nothing is safe now.