Millions could lose no-cost preventive services if SCOTUS upholds ruling

What to know about the Supreme Court case that could take away your access to PrEP and other care

On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, a case which The Advocate first broke news of in 2022, that could dismantle one of the most widely used and life-saving provisions of the Affordable Care Act: the guarantee that insurers must cover preventive services—like HIV prevention medication, cancer screenings, and maternal health care—at no cost to patients.Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics. Si…

Supreme Court to hear challenge to Obamacare rule on free preventive care

The Supreme Court on Monday is set to hear arguments in a case challenging a provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires private insurers to cover health care screenings, tests and checkups for free. Experts say the court’s ruling in the case, called Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, could have sweeping consequences for patient access to preventive health care across the United States. Since the ACA was passed in 2010, most insurers have h…

Millions could lose no-cost preventive services if SCOTUS upholds ruling

A study by the Stanford Prevention Policy Modeling Lab (PPML) finds that almost 30% of privately insured individuals in the United States, or nearly 40 million people, use at least one of the free preventive health services guaranteed under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).

Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings

Supreme Court to hear challenge of preventive health care coverage mandated by the Affordable Care Act. Ruling could affect millions of Americans.

Court to hear challenge to ACA preventative-care coverage - SCOTUSblog

ShareThe Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on Monday in yet another dispute over the separation of powers. The case is a challenge to the constitutionality of the structure of a relatively obscure section of the Department of Health and Human Services. But although the issue may sound like a technical one, the court’s ruling could have real-world implications for U.S. patients – particularly those who use the highly effective HIV-prevention…

Experts Warn Court Case Could End Life-Saving Preventive Care - Dallas Weekly

A group of public health experts warned on Thursday that a Supreme Court case set for arguments next week could lead to the end of a central, highly popular component of the Affordable Care Act — one that has improved a range of health outcomes for Black Americans. The case hasn’t received widespread notice, but Braidwood Management v. Becerra has the potential to cause millions of Americans to avoid ACA-mandated free screening and services for …