Obamacare Preventive Care Case Merits Justices’ Review, US Says

Another challenge to the Affordable Care Act is poised to head to the US Supreme Court after the US Department of Health and Human Services asked the justices Thursday to review a decision that partially invalidated an insurance mandate for preventive health services recommended by an advisory board.

In its petition for review, HHS took issue with a decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit upholding a federal district court’s decision that members of HHS’s Preventive Services Task Force—16 volunteer doctor and nurses who practice in the areas of preventive medicine and primary care—hadn’t been properly ...