The Supreme Court appeared inclined Tuesday to side with a group of parents objecting to their school district including books with LGBTQ themes in its elementary school curriculum.
Across more than two hours of arguments, a majority of the justices sympathized with the Montgomery County, Md., parents’ claims that the lack of an opt-out option substantially burdens their First Amendment rights to freely exercise their religion.
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Supreme Court hears oral arguments in a key Affordable Care Act case
The first three times Republicans asked the Supreme Court to take a sledgehammer to the Affordable Care Act, they failed. Will the fourth time be the charm?
Help for ACA health plans could be harder to come by since RFK axed teams of ‘fixers’
Federal workers who help resolve complicated problems for Affordable Care Act policyholders are among those recently cut by the Trump administration.
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Most in California support state coverage of health care for migrants without legal status: Survey
Most California voters support the state’s efforts to increase health care coverage for migrants without legal status, a new survey found.
According to a new survey from the University of California, Berkeley and Politico, 21 percent of surveyed voters believe the state should continue to offer Medicaid coverage to migrants without legal status, even if it means there will be cuts elsewhere in the budget.
Thirty-two percent of respondents say California should cont...
Autism community decries RFK Jr. comments
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Supreme Court Wrestles With Challenge to Affordable Care Act Over Free Preventive Care
The justices heard arguments in a constitutional challenge to a task force that decides what treatments are covered at no cost.
Supreme Court weighs dispute involving ACA’s preventive-care coverage
The Affordable Care Act requires health insurers and group health plans to cover certain preventive-care services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force at no cost to patients.
Supreme Court grapples with challenge to ObamaCare preventive care panel
The Supreme Court seemed open on Monday to upholding the constitutionality of an ObamaCare requirement that insurance companies cover certain preventive care recommended by an expert panel.
Conservative Justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett both seemed inclined to support the position of the government and uphold the requirement, though their questions left room for uncertainty and interpretation.
Monday's case was the culmination of fi...
US supreme court hears challenge to Obamacare free preventive healthcare
At issue is constitutionality of taskforce that decides which services insurers must cover without cost to patients
The US supreme court on Monday heard arguments in a case that could threaten Americans’ access to free preventive healthcare services under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
At issue is the constitutionality of the US preventive services taskforce, which plays a critical role in determining which preventive services health insurers must cover ...
Preventative care was a game-changer, but now the Supreme Court could take it away
Amid the Trump administration’s scorched earth approach to governing — which includes threatening hundreds of billions of dollars in Medicaid funding — a serious threat to health care has gone under the radar. It could undo years of progress toward preventing disease and making Americans healthier and more secure.
In Kennedy v. Braidwood, a case being heard today at the Supreme Court, a lawyer with a long history of attacking fundamental...