Supreme Court upholds ACA rule that makes PrEP, other preventative care free

The U S Supreme Court on Friday upheld a portion of the Affordable Care Act requiring private strength insurers to cover the cost of preventative care including PrEP which significantly reduces the menace of transmitting HIV Conservative Justice Brett Kavanaugh authored the majority opinion in the matter Kennedy v Braidwood Management He was joined by two conservatives Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Amy Coney Barrett along with the three liberal justices Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown-Jackson The court s decision rejected the plaintiffs challenge to the Affordable Care Act s reliance on the U S Preventative Services Task Force to unilaterally determine which types of care and services must be covered by payors without cost-sharing An independent all-volunteer panel of nationally recognized experts in prevention and primary care the task force members are selected by the secretary of the U S Department of Vitality and Human Services to serve four-year terms They are responsible for evaluating the efficacy of counseling screenings for diseases like cancer and diabetes and preventative medicines like Truvada for PrEP drugs to reduce heart sickness and strokes and eye ointment for newborns to prevent infections Parties bringing the challenge objected especially to the mandatory coverage of PrEP with several arguing the drugs would encourage and facilitate homosexual behavior against their religious beliefs The post Supreme Court upholds ACA rule that makes PrEP other preventative care free appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta