Supreme Court Preserves Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Care Infrastructure

Supreme Court Preserves Affordable Care Act’s Preventive Care Infrastructure

Late last month, the Supreme Court kept the current system for designating what services should be covered as preventive services for people with Affordable Care Act (ACA) plans and other coverage. This decision, Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, preserves access to these services, including immunizations and screenings, at no cost to the person covered. Medicare Rights joined an amicus brief earlier this year in support of allowing coverage to c…

NATIONAL Wisconsin court, Buttigieg, Affordable Care Act, queer icons

The Wisconsin Supreme Court cleared the way for the state to ban conversion therapy in a ruling that gives the governor more power over how state laws are enacted, NBC News noted. In a four-to-three ruling, the court decided that a Republican-controlled legislative committee’s rejection of a state agency rule that would ban the practice of conversion therapy for LGBTQ+ people was unconstitutional. The decision takes power away from the state leg…