The Supreme Court declared that it would accept a challenge of a part of the Asequible Medical Care Law (ACA) that requires insurance companies to cover some types of preventive care at no cost, said Adam Liptak for The New York Times January 10. «The new challenge is aimed at a working group that decides what treatments are covered.»
Liptak explained that some Texas residents and two small Christian companies that provide medical insurance to employees demanded to challenge how the working group had been designated, saying that he violated the Constitution. «The plaintiffs opposed the decision of the working group to cover the medicines that prevent HIV infection in some people at risk.»
The Federal District Court for the Northern District of Texas and the Court of Appeals of the Fifth Circuit of New Orleans agreed that the working group had too much independence.
Andrew Twinamatsiko, Zachary Baron and Sheela Ranganathan explained the background of the Braidwood Management, Inc. Against Becerra case in an article on December 23 to Health matters. «The Government is asking the Supreme Court to decide whether the structure of the US preventive services work group. private insurers must cover for free – it is constitutional. »
Health innovation Mark Hagland reported on January 2 that the legal dispute revolves around whether the members of the working group are “main officers” or “lower officers”. «The distinction matters,» Hagland explained, «because the legal argument of the plaintiffs is based on their statement that the members of the working group are» main officials «whose appointments should have been confirmed by the United States Senate.»
United States (Usofcare) announced in a press release on January 15 that urges the Supreme Court to stop efforts to eliminate free access to preventive care services. «By making people pay for attention that was once free, eliminating these protections would inject uncertainty in our medical care system and would amplify the anxiety that we know that people already have about the cost of medical care,» said the director Executive and co -founder of Usofcare, Natalie Davis. In a statement.
