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- Under the 2010 Affordable Care Act, employers are required to provide full coverage for certain preventive services.
- However, a new ruling out of Texas found coverage of certain services, like pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), violates employers’ rights under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
- Should this decision be upheld, experts say it will undermine efforts aimed at preventing a myria...
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Democrats seek campaign opportunity with ObamaCare court ruling
Democrats are seizing on a federal judge's ruling against ObamaCare's prevention coverage as an opportunity to campaign on preserving health care just two months before the midterm elections.
The ruling on Wednesday by Judge Reed O'Connor in Texas escalates another battle over ObamaCare, and could jeopardize access to preventive care for millions of Americans, including screenings for colorectal and other cancer, depression and hypertension, among many other&...
Keeping the public interest in public health is key to combatting disease
On Aug. 23, Director Rochelle Walensky called for a paradigm shift in the manner the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) do their work.
“In these pandemic moments, we found ourselves having to talk to a broader audience,” she said. “We didn’t have to convince the scientific audience — we had to convince the American people.”
This shift is critical if the efforts of the CDC are to fully understand, address and co...
The Hill’s Morning Report — Mar-a-Lago documents drama rattles some in GOP
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Biden administration ‘reviewing’ Texas judge’s decision on HIV drug coverage
The Biden administration announced Wednesday night it was reviewing a Texas judge's ruling that declared a part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requiring that health care employers provide HIV preventive drugs unconstitutional.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre tweeted the administration was reviewing the decision because the ACA "has been the law of the land for over 10 years."
"That guarantee is critical to the health and wellbeing of millions of Americ...
Texas Judge’s Ruling Puts Free Preventive Care in Jeopardy
A federal judge in Texas found that the Affordable Care Act’s process for determining what kinds of preventive care should be covered by insurance violates the Constitution.
A ‘Speaker McCarthy’ may be the only way to stop unconstitutional student loan bailout
Political officials from both sides of the aisle have objected to President Biden’s unconstitutional $400 billion student loan “forgiveness,” but many have questioned who has the legal standing to block this action. The answer is Congress.
By using the Boehner Doctrine, the House can establish legal standing to sue the administration for infringing on its exclusive Constitutional power to appropriate money. Our government features three theoretically co-equal branches of...
Health Care — Judge rejects ObamaCare coverage for HIV drugs
Former President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama had their official portraits unveiled at the White House today. The latter's portrait captured the former first lady looking “fine,” according to her husband.
A judge in Texas ruled on Wednesday that provisions in the Affordable Care Act requiring employer health plans to cover HIV prevention drugs violated religious freedom laws.
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LGBT groups sue over rule prohibiting gender-affirming treatment through Medicaid
Four LGBT and health advocacy groups filed a lawsuit on Wednesday against a Florida rule that prevents people from using Medicaid to pay for gender-affirming medical care.
The rule from the state’s Agency for Health Care Administrators (AHCA), which went into effect last month, removed Medicaid coverage for puberty blockers, hormones and gender-affirming surgeries for transgender Floridians.
A release from Lambda Legal, a civil rights organization that focuses on p...
Ex-president on ‘stunning’ Michelle Obama portrait: Artist captured ‘fact that she is fine’
Former President Obama quipped that former first lady Michelle Obama’s official portrait captured her looking “fine” during an unveiling at the White House on Wednesday.
“I want to thank [artist] Sharon Sprung for capturing everything I love about Michelle. Her grace, her intelligence, and the fact that she is fine,” Obama said during the unveiling of the portraits in the East Room, prompting loud applause and claps from the audience.
“She is. Her portra...