ACA Suit Threatens Overhaul of Preventive Care in Employer Plans

A US Supreme Court case challenging preventive care mandates would upend the health insurance landscape if the justices strike them down, raising the potential for many employers to reinstate cost-sharing for some services at employees’ expense.

The high court agreed Jan. 10 to consider the constitutionality of an advisory panel on preventive care, whose recommendations require plans to provide first-dollar coverage for related services under the Affordable Care Act.

Becerra v. Braidwood Management jeopardizes uniform access to everything from heart disease medication to cancer screenings, and health care and employment lawyers say the lawsuit opens the door to future legal ...