NBC News: Supreme Court wrestles with challenge to Obamacare preventive care panel

[Dennis Donovan]

NBC News - Supreme Court wrestles with challenge to Obamacare preventive care panel

The case arose from a conservative lawsuit objecting to the approval of HIV prevention treatments that insurers provide at no cost to patients.

April 21, 2025, 6:00 AM EDT
By Lawrence Hurley

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Monday grappled with a complex challenge to a panel set up as part of the Affordable Care Act to recommend preventive care services that insurers have to provide at no cost to patients.

The case on which the court heard oral arguments arose from a challenge brought by Christian employers Braidwood Management and Kelley Orthodontics, in addition to several individuals, who objected on religious grounds to the Preventive Services Task Force approving no-cost coverage for the HIV prevention medication known as PrEP.

The plaintiffs believe their religious rights are violated “by making them complicit in facilitating homosexual behavior, drug use, and sexual activity outside of marriage between one man and one woman,” according to court papers.

The case at the Supreme Court does not hinge on the religious questions raised under the Constitution’s First Amendment.

At issue is whether the Preventive Services Task Force — which recommends a wide array of preventive services related to such issues as cancer, diabetes and heart disease — is unconstitutionally structured.

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[gay texan]

1. There goes my Prep

I fucking KNEW it was only going to be a matter of time before the bible assholes would fuck this up

[usedtobedemgurl]

2. They are so religious, in their minds they are sure

Jesus would have not wanted to protect people. Let them get AIDS and die! Yeah, that’s the Christian way some folks think. Sad. Makes me wish there was a god, so they could explain this at the pearly gates.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. I'm troubled by the legal structure of business.

Yes, the owners own the LLC or some such. But the business provides a service to the public, it's not a church. Presumably the owners draw a salary. At what point is the money the property of the owners, and not the business?

But I never understood how bakeries bake their religious beliefs into their cakes. I can't taste the beliefs in there.

This whole concept is about boundaries. SCOTUS has done a LOUSY job of defining business boundaries, points of ownership IMHO.