Judge Strikes Down Portion of Obamacare Requiring Free Coverage of Preventive Care

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A federal judge in Texas who previously ruled to dismantle the Affordable Care Act struck down a narrower but key part of the nation's health law Thursday in a decision that opponents say could jeopardize preventive screenings for millions of Americans.

struck down a narrower but key part of the nation's health law Thursday in a decision that opponents say could jeopardize preventive screenings for millions of Americans.

His latest ruling is likely to start another lengthy court battle: O’Connor blocked the requirement that most insurers cover some preventive care such as cancer screenings, siding with plaintiffs who include a conservative activist in Texas and a Christian dentist who opposed mandatory coverage for contraception and an HIV prevention treatment on religious grounds.

The Biden administration had told the court that the outcome of the case “could create extraordinary upheaval in the United States’ public health system.” It is likely to appeal.

 

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Politicians, doctors, pharmaceutical companies, insurance companies, don’t care about us. They only care about money and they will destroy ppls lives for it. I hate doctors they are the worst of them all.

Too d*** expensive anyway

Seems like they want us to die, give birth, then die.

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