ACA Preventive Services Mandate Challengers Appeal Partial Loss

Employers who partially prevailed in a lawsuit to do away with the Affordable Care Act’s requirement that health plans must pay in full for certain preventive services are appealing on issues they lost.

A win for the challengers on appeal could result in the invalidation of three specialty boards’ recommendations that plans provide cost-free coverage for birth-control services, immunizations, and screenings for chronic conditions.

Some court-watchers predict that the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit won’t be the last stop for the case. Several US Supreme Court justices have indicated that they would like to take a look ...