Mandate Review

Obamacare continues to die:

According to the government’s petition, the law created the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which is housed in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). The task force makes recommendations about preventive medical services, such as medications and screenings. The law requires health insurance companies and group health plans to cover preventive services approved by the task force without payment from patients. Braidwood Management, based in Texas, sued over mandates the panel approved to which the company expressed religious objections. The mandates cover HIV prevention medicine, sexually transmitted disease screenings, and various treatments. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit held in June 2024 that the mandates were invalid because the structure of the task force that recommended them runs afoul of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause.

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