Supreme Court to hear challenge to ACA rule requiring free preventive care, cancer screenings Braidwood case has potential to change prevention strategy no matter which side wins

https://www.statnews.com/2025/04/17/kennedy-v-braidwood-affordable-care-act-challenge-could-upend-preventive-health-care/?utm_campaign=morning_rounds&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--zFEDg7GIxqkUhF2-2vKkZRCNkM8E0kPrwnrAyPFPGqJpDOmZUl7vDq-lq9IQ4AWIzkWvPJQcm6fjARXubQ25hq_hthw&_hsmi=357118970&utm_content=357118970&utm_source=hs_email The health care at stake in Monday’s Supreme Court arguments For a decade and a half, health insurers have been required to fully cover certain preventive care services that are given an A or B rating by the U.S. PreventiveServices Task Force. Think mammograms, statins, many vaccinations, PrEP, and screening for lung and colorectal cancers. But that could be about to change. On Monday, the Supreme Court will hear a challenge to the Affordable Care Act provision that ensures this care be given free of charge. Either way the court decides, legal and medical experts told STAT’s Angus Chen, the ruling could have profound ramifications for the future of preventive health care in the United States