"This is a huge deal," says one expert. "It's billions and billions of dollars of services that Americans get every year, not just from ACA health plans but also from employer plans." (Photo: Shutterstock)
With a challenge to the Affordable Care Act still pending at the Supreme Court, conservatives are continuing to launch legal attacks on the law, including a case in which a Texas federal judge seems open to ending the requirement that most Americans must receive preventive services like mammograms free of charge.
Businesses and individuals challenging the ACA's first-dollar coverage mandate for preventive services have legal standing and legitimate constitutional and statutory grounds to proceed with their lawsuit to overturn it, U.S. District Judge Reed O'Connor ruled late last month in Fort Worth. O'Connor, who previously found the entire ACA to be unconstitutional, denied most of the federal government's motion to dismiss the case, Kelley v. Azar.
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