US supreme court hears challenge to Obamacare free preventive healthcare

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : In a supreme court filing, the plaintiffs argued that the Affordable Care Act has transformed the longstanding taskforce from an advisory body into one that now issues "decrees" to insurers, adding that the HHS secretary has no authority to stop taskforce recommendations from becoming binding law.
41% : At issue is constitutionality of taskforce that decides which services insurers must cover without cost to patients The US supreme court was hearing arguments today in a case that could threaten Americans' access to free preventive healthcare services under the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare.
41% : The government's appeal of the fifth circuit's decision initially was filed by Biden's administration before being taken up by Trump.
35% : A big critic of the program during his first term, Trump and his administration have now taken over the case after the Biden administration initially filed the appeal.
29% : In Monday's oral arguments, Jonathan Mitchell, the conservative lawyer representing the plaintiffs who previously represented Trump in ballot access litigation, insisted that taskforce members are "principal officers" because "their preventive care coverage mandates are neither directed nor supervised by the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

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