{"id":6903,"date":"2022-09-14T09:26:16","date_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:26:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chirblog.org\/?p=6903"},"modified":"2022-09-14T09:26:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-14T13:26:16","slug":"federal-court-decision-threatens-aca-preventive-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/federal-court-decision-threatens-aca-preventive-benefit\/","title":{"rendered":"Federal Court Decision Threatens the ACA\u2019s Preventive Services Benefit: State Options to Mitigate Harm to Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Sabrina Corlette and Justin Giovannelli<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The same U.S. federal district judge that declared the Affordable Care Act (ACA) unconstitutional in<strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fiercehealthcare.com\/payer\/federal-court-rules-favor-against-constitutionality-aca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Texas v. California<\/em><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0has issued a\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/storage.courtlistener.com\/recap\/gov.uscourts.txnd.330381\/gov.uscourts.txnd.330381.92.0_1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ruling<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in a lawsuit,\u00a0<em>Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra\u00a0<\/em>(formerly known as\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.commonwealthfund.org\/publications\/explainer\/2022\/jul\/latest-legal-challenge-affordable-care-act-preventive-services\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Kelley v. Becerra<\/em><\/a><\/strong>), that strikes down a requirement that health plans cover and waive cost-sharing for many critical preventive services. Although the U.S. Department of Justice is likely to appeal the ruling, some legal experts believe the\u00a0<em>Braidwood Management<\/em>\u00a0plaintiffs may prevail in the higher courts, too.<\/p>\n<p>The preventive services benefit is one of the\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kff.org\/health-reform\/poll-finding\/5-charts-about-public-opinion-on-the-affordable-care-act-and-the-supreme-court\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more popular<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0provisions of the ACA. The loss of this protection means that over\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.urban.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2022-07\/Free%20Preventive%20Services%20Improve%20Access%20to%20Care.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">167 million<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0people will need to pay out-of-pocket for dozens of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org\/uspstf\/recommendation-topics\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>critical<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>preventive services<\/strong><\/a>. When confronted with hefty deductibles or coinsurance, people tend to delay or forego even essential preventive services, making them more susceptible to costly and serious illness.<\/p>\n<p>If the ACA\u2019s preventive services provision is gutted, only Congress can fully restore it. Still, there are steps that state policymakers can take to help many of their residents maintain this coverage. In a new Expert Perspective for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shvs.org\/federal-court-decision-threatens-the-acas-preventive-services-benefit-state-options-to-mitigate-harm-to-consumers\/\"><strong>State Health &amp; Value Strategies Program<\/strong><\/a>, CHIR&#8217;s Sabrina Corlette and Justin Giovannelli recap the legal issues in the case and outline options for states seeking to preserve consumers&#8217; access to preventive services. You can read the full article<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shvs.org\/federal-court-decision-threatens-the-acas-preventive-services-benefit-state-options-to-mitigate-harm-to-consumers\/\">here<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A federal judge in Texas has ruled that Affordable Care Act requirements that insurers cover and waive cost-sharing for preventive services is unconstitutional. While the case is likely to be appealed, states can act now to preserve residents&#8217; access to affordable and often life-saving preventive care. In a new Expert Perspective for the State Health &#038; Value Strategies project, Sabrina Corlette and Justin Giovannelli outline how.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":4010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[478,1],"tags":[35,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6903"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6906,"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6903\/revisions\/6906"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6903"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chirblog.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}