Special Edition: Braidwood v. Becerra Threatens Access to Preventive Care Services – Health Care in Motion

Through the ACA’s preventive care mandate, most private insurance policies must cover a wide range of preventive services without cost-sharing for beneficiaries. These services include important interventions such as screenings for lung and colorectal cancer, pharmacotherapy to support tobacco cessation, statins to prevent cardiovascular disease, aspirin to prevent preeclampsia, Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) for HIV prevention, and behavioral counseling for sexually transmitted infections (STIs). By ensuring coverage of these services, the ACA has played a crucial role in improving both individual and public health outcomes, especially for marginalized communities that have historically faced significant barriers to health care services and that are disproportionately impacted by many preventable conditions. But a case argued this week at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, Braidwood Management v. Becerra, threatens to undermine these key provisions. Read on for updates about the case, including takeaways from the recent oral argument, and what could happen next.

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