US Supreme Court to Hear Obamacare Preventive Care Dispute

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

57% : U.S. Supreme Court agreed on Friday to decide the legality of a key component of the Affordable Care Act that effectively gives a task force established under the landmark healthcare law known as Obamacare the ability to require that insurers cover preventive medical care services at no cost to patients.
50% : The justices in 2021 rejected a bid to invalidate Obamacare by several Republican-led states that was backed by President-elect Donald Trump's first administration, the third time the court had preserved the law since its 2010 enactment.
48% : The lawsuit followed earlier and unsuccessful efforts by Republicans and conservative litigants to abolish the Affordable Care Act through Congress or the courts.
46% : But it agreed with the plaintiffs that the members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, which under Obamacare was given the job of issuing preventive-care recommendations, were appointed in violation of the appointments clause.
43% : It was filed by lawyers with America First Legal, a group founded by Stephen Miller, who Trump has tapped to serve as White House deputy chief of staff for policy in his second term.
40% : They challenged not just that requirement but the entire federal mandate that has provided about 150 million Americans free access to preventive care services including cancer screenings under Obamacare.

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