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How a Texas court decision threatens Affordable Care Act protections

The ACA has required health insurers to provide many medical screenings and other preventive services with no out-of-pocket cost to health plan members. But a recent court decision could upend that.

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Free preventive care under the ACA is under threat again – a ruling exempting PrEP from insurance coverage may extend nationwide and to other health services

Many Americans breathed a sigh of relief when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law’s third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision left widely supported policies in place, like ensuring coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, coverage for dependents up to age 26…

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Q&A: Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

A federal judge’s ruling in Texas has thrown into question whether millions of insured Americans will continue to receive some preventive medical services, such as cancer screenings and drugs that protect people from HIV infection, without making a copayment.

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Texas judge's medical ruling, explained

A federal judge’s ruling in Texas could affect preventative care costs for millions of Americans

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Many preventive medical services cost patients nothing. Will a Texas court decision change that?

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How a Texas conspiracy theorist’s lies and unpaid tickets landed him in federal prison

DALLAS — Had he paid his traffic tickets, Jonathan Reynolds likely would have gone about his business without further trouble.

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Judge rules against required coverage of HIV prevention drug

A federal judge in Texas has ruled that required coverage of an HIV prevention drug under the Affordable Care Act violates a Texas employer’s religious beliefs and undercut the broader system that determines which preventive drugs are covered in the U.S. The ruling was handed down Wednesday by Fort Worth-based…

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A federal judge in Texas ruled that requiring insurance to cover PrEP is unconstitutional

District Judge Reed O’Connor sided with an employer who argued that having his company’s insurance cover the HIV drug violated his religious freedom.

Mic

Texas judge says Affordable Care Act's requirement of free HIV drugs violates religious freedom

FORT WORTH, Texas — A federal judge has sided with a Fort Worth orthodontist who argued that requiring health insurance to pay for HIV prevention drugs was a violation of his religious freedom.

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Texas judge rules employers not required to cover HIV prevention drugs

Federal judge says employers don’t need to cover PrEP drugs if it violates companies’ religious beliefs

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Federal judge rules that mandated HIV PrEP coverage violates religious freedom

The court said that requiring companies to cover HIV PrEP violates corporations' religious rights.

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Religious employers need not cover PrEP in their health plans, federal judge rules

U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor’s ruling could threaten access to sexual and reproductive health care for more than 150 million working Americans on employer-sponsored health care plans. The ruling will likely be appealed.

The Texas Tribune

Federal judge rules HIV drug mandate violates religious freedom - Roll Call

The judge singled out the drug PrEP and also called into question mandatory coverage of all preventive health care services.

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Texas Christians sue over federal insurance mandate for HIV prevention drugs PrEP

AUSTIN, Texas — A group of Christians from Texas is suing to knock down many of the Affordable Care Act’s preventive care mandates, specifically targeting HIV drugs.

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Lawsuit could end free preventive health checkups

When Congress passed the Affordable Care Act in 2010, its authors cited three overarching goals: to improve access to health care, to slow rising medical costs and to improve health outcomes.

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Affordable Care Act lawsuit threatens contraception access and other preventive services

The case will be argued in a hearing today in federal court.

The Independent UK

4 Air Force cadets may not graduate due to vaccine refusal

Four cadets at the Air Force Academy may not graduate or be commissioned as military officers later this month because they have refused the COVID-19 vaccine, and they may be required to pay back thousands of dollars in tuition costs, according to Air Force officials

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Justice Department says it couldn’t find criminal conduct by Boeing execs over 737 Max

Government lawyers admitted the investigation into the Boeing 737 Max crashes didn’t turn up evidence of criminal wrong-doing by high-level company executives, rejecting a plea from family members of crash victims for more accountability.

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'No one notified me': When people die in Tarrant County jail, answers don't come easily

FORT WORTH, Texas — Shanelle Jenkins learned her husband died by reading the newspaper.

The Independent UK

Navy barred from acting against religious vaccine refusers

A federal judge in Texas is barring the Navy from taking action for now against sailors who've objected to being vaccinated against COVID-19 on religious grounds

Los Angeles Times

Supreme Court rules for Navy and its vaccine requirement

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court lifted part of a Texas judge's order Friday and ruled 6-3 that the U.S. military may refuse to deploy Navy SEALS or other troops who have refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19, citing their religious beliefs.

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