Court Halts Threat to Free Preventive Health Care.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has temporarily blocked a lower court decision that overturned the Affordable Care Act's requirement that all health plans fully cover certain preventive health services. The ruling had threatened insurance coverage for recommended services like depression screenings for teenagers and drugs that prevent transmission of H.I.V. The appeals court's stay will stand while the appeals process plays out. The case could eventually end up at the Supreme Court as yet another challenge to the Obamacare health law.
