Obamacare Case Threatens Sweeping Loss of Preventative Care (1)

About 150 million Americans, including 37 million children, may be cut off from potentially life-saving health care depending on the outcome of an Obamacare case set for oral arguments in a federal appeals court March 4.

The New Orleans-based US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is reviewing a decision that struck down aspects of an Affordable Care Act mandate that requires private insurers to pay in full for certain preventive care services.

The mandate is one of “most important aspects of the Affordable Care Act,” according to Stacey Lee, an attorney and associate professor at the Johns Hopkins ...