Washington (AP) – The Supreme Court has preserved a key element in the requirements for the preventive health care of the Act respecting affordable care on Friday, rejecting a challenge to Christian employers at the disposal which affects some 150 million Americans.
Decision 6-3 comes in a continuation of how the government decides which medications and health services should be completely covered by private insurance under the signing law of former President Barack Obama, often called Obamacare.
The complainants said that the process was unconstitutional because a voluntary advice of medical experts responsible for recommending the services covered is not approved by the Senate.
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President Donald Trump’s administration defended the mandate before the court, although the Republican president was a critic of the law of his Democratic predecessor. The Ministry of Justice said that the members of the board of directors did not need the approval of the Senate because they can be deleted by the Secretary of Health and Social Services.
Drugs and services that could have been affected include statins to reduce cholesterol, lung cancer screening, HIV prevention drugs and drugs to reduce the risk of breast cancer for women.
The case was submitted to the Supreme Court after a court of appeal canceled certain requirements for coverage of preventive care. The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals in the United States has shaved with Christian employers and Texas residents who argued that they could not be forced to provide full insurance coverage for things like drugs to prevent HIV and certain cancer screenings.
The well -known conservative lawyer Jonathan Mitchell, who represented Trump before the High Court in a dispute as to whether he could appear on the 2024 ballot, argued the case.
The Court of Appeal concluded that the coverage requirements were unconstitutional because they came from an organization – the working group on the preventive services of the United States – whose members were not appointed by the president and confirmed by the Senate.
A 2023 analysis prepared by the non -profit KFF revealed that the decision would always allow complete coverage requirements for certain services, in particular mammography and detection of cervical cancer.