Stephanie Armour
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133 appearances
3 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2021
last heard Feb 2023
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then that could result in more than 150 million people losing access to these potentially no-cost health screenings.
Sure, happy to.
What's being challenged is a component of the Affordable Care Act that requires insurers to cover preventive care with no out-of-pocket costs, like no deductible, no copay.
And the lawsuit is basically saying that in some cases this violates religious beliefs of the plaintiffs and that the services aren't needed.
And the plaintiff subjected to some of the coverage, such as the contraception or screenings for sexually transmitted disease and drug use,
And they also objected to the pre-exposure prophylaxis for individuals that prevents against HIV infection.
The next decision is going to be how broad the remedy is.
The judge ruled somewhat in favor of the plaintiffs, but basically said that a task force that's assembled to say which preventive services need to be covered
that that task force wasn't pulled together correctly, that it violated the Constitution, because the individuals that serve on that task force are volunteers and aren't appointed by the Senate or the president.
So the question now is, is this judge going to say that this is nationwide in scope and that insurers no longer need to cover any of the recommendations from the Preventive Services Task Force?
Well, that's a good question.
And it kind of depends at which level it's at.
A number of the people I'm talking to believe this is going to go to the Supreme Court.
And so if that happens, that will be the ultimate decision on this.
And that could result in more than 150 million people losing access to these potentially no-cost health screenings.
But if it's at the appeal level, I think we're going to continue to see it appeal to the Supreme Court.
And if the government appeals, I think they're going to ask for a stay on any kind of nationwide remedy on this.
Yeah, some individuals really don't believe that there's much to worry about.
They think that insurers and employers are really unlikely to drop this kind of coverage, even if it's not mandated.
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