A federal judge in Texas recently ruled that a mandate of the Affordable Care Act requiring employers and insurers to cover certain preventive services recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force at no cost is unconstitutional.
Plaintiffs of the case, Braidwood Management v. Xavier Becerra, had wanted an insurance option that excluded or limited coverage of various services, including contraceptives, HPV vaccination, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and screenings and behavioral counseling for drug use and sexually transmitted diseases, since “neither they nor their families