The US Supreme Court is deliberating a Texas case regarding whether businesses must provide insurance for HIV prevention (PrEP) under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Initially filed by Braidwood Management on religious grounds, the lawsuit challenges preventive service coverage, which the ACA mandates insurers must provide without extra costs. The case's implications could dismantle crucial health provisions not only for HIV prevention but broader preventive health services like cancer screenings and diabetes testing, should the ruling favor Braidwood.
"Braidwood Management originally filed a suit after refusing, on religious grounds, to subsidise the medication for employees through its health insurance, saying it 'encourage[d] homosexual behaviour, intravenous drug use and sexual activity outside marriage between one man and one woman.'"
"If the court rules in favour of Braidwood, it would rescind the preventative service protections clause of ACA, essentially stripping back the requirement for insurers to fund life-saving treatment for many diseases and conditions."
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