Obamacare

Congressional Democrats pressured the nation’s largest health insurers Thursday to cover preventive services such as mammograms, lung and skin cancer screenings and HIV prophylaxis drugs at no cost to patients while the Biden administration appeals a decision that struck down a key part of Obamacare. Five House and Senate committee…

Over the past few years, the hard-right majority on the Supreme Court has begun to emerge as a mounting threat to public health. As I wrote last June, the court’s recent decisions on abortion and gun rights imperiled American lives. Everyone can clearly see how far the court is from…

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene says she blames Republicans in the House and Senate for failing to deliver former President Donald Trump's agenda. While speaking to CBS's 60 Minutes Correspondent Lesley Stahl on Sunday, Greene discussed what led her to run for Congress. "What made me run for Congress was…

An ObamaCare requirement that health insurance must cover preventive services for free is at risk of ending, after a federal judge in Texas — who previously held that the entire Affordable Care Act was unconstitutional —  invalidated it.  The ruling from U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor wasn’t entirely unexpected, but…

Published by Reuters By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) – A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked Obamacare’s mandate that health insurance plans cover preventive care, including screenings for certain cancers and pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP), a…Read More

Members of the media ask questions to U.S. President Joe Biden as he walks to the Marine One helicopter to depart for travel to Mississippi to view tornado damage, from the White House in Washington, U.S., March 31, 2023.  Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The Biden administration on Friday appealed a…

The Justice Department on Friday appealed a federal judge's decision to invalidate the Affordable Care Act requirement for free coverage of specified preventive health services. Why it matters: The move kicks off a legal process that could wind up at the Supreme Court and has financial implications for some 150…

One of the most important parts of the Affordable Care Act is its requirement that insurance companies cover preventive care. As we approach a full generation of people who have come of age under the protections provided by the ACA, it’s easy to forget that in the before times, it…

A pharmacist fills out a prescription in New York City. Yvonne Hemsey | Hulton Archive | Getty Images A federal judge on Thursday struck down an Obamacare mandate that requires most private health insurance plans to provide free preventive care that includes everything from screenings for certain cancers and diabetes…

By Brendan Pierson (Reuters) -A federal judge in Texas on Thursday blocked Obamacare's mandate that health insurance plans cover preventive care, including screenings for cancer, diabetes and depression and pre-exposure prophylaxis against HIV (PrEP) at no cost to patients. U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor in Fort Worth, Texas, previously found…