Obamacare Preventive Care Mandate Limited by Federal Judge (3)

A federal judge blocked on Thursday an Obamacare requirement for health plans to pay in full for certain preventive health-care services, including PrEP drugs for HIV.

Judge Reed O’Connor of the US District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated actions taken by the US Health and Human Services Department to implement or enforce certain Affordable Care Act preventive services coverage requirements. The requirements were recommended by a task force that the judge determined wasn’t constitutionally appointed.

O’Connor is the same judge who threw out anti-discrimination provisions under the ACA in late 2019 and who, the previous year, struck ...