Amici, Government Defend ACA Preventive Care Mandate To 5th Circuit

( October 13, 2023, 2:32 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A women’s advocacy group warns in an amicus curiae brief about the impact of removing insurance coverage for preventive care while federal defendants tell the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the individuals responsible for formulating what constitutes preventive care under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA) are inferior officers subject to sufficient control by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to survive a constitutional challenge....