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Preventive Services at Risk: Federal Instability and State Responses
In late June, the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) preventive services provision, preserving—for now—zero cost sharing access to screenings, vaccines, and other preventive care for more than 150 million people. The decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management Inc. foreclosed a constitutional challenge to coverage of preventive care while underscoring new risks to consumers’ access to…
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Trump Administration Hands States Another Tool for Dismantling Preexisting Condition Protections
Last week, the Trump administration issued long-anticipated guidance regarding the Affordable Care Act’s Section 1332 “innovation waiver” program. The release rebrands and creatively reimagines the ACA program (they’re now “State Relief and Empowerment” waivers), breaking dramatically with past policy and, arguably, with the statute it purports to interpret. In the administration’s view, the ACA permits states to…