US Gets Widespread Support in Preventive Care Mandate Appeal

Multiple groups and a coalition of states have joined the US in calling for a federal appeals court to overturn a decision that eliminated free care for preventive services like cancer screenings and HIV drugs.

The organizations are supporting Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra’s challenge to a Texas federal court’s decision invalidating coverage recommendations made by a task force that allegedly didn’t have the authority to issue them.

The services for which free coverage would no longer be required under Judge Reed O’Connor‘s late March decision include drugs to prevent HIV and AIDS, certain cancer screenings, and ...