Health insurance plans nationwide must continue to pay in full for services like certain cancer screenings and HIV prevention drugs for the time being, thanks to an agreement reached by the parties in a lawsuit challenging the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services mandate.
The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Tuesday signed a stipulated order partially halting a Texas federal judge’s decision. The Texas judge had set aside recommendations made by one of three boards charged with deciding which health-care services must be fully covered, leaving plans free to deny payment for those services.
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