The Supreme Court seemed likely to uphold a key preventive-care provision of the Affordable Care Act in a case heard Monday.

Conservative justices Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, along with the court’s three liberals, appeared skeptical of arguments that Obamacare’s process for deciding which services must be fully covered by private insurance is unconstitutional.

The case could have big ramifications for the law’s preventive care coverage requirements for an estimated 150 million Americans. Medications and services that could be affected include statins to prevent heart disease, lung cancer screenings, HIV-prevention drugs and medication to lower the chance of breast cancer for high-risk women.

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        23 days ago

        She doesn’t have the testosterone that compels the others to pretend to be badasses.

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          23 days ago

          While true (in both a literal and metaphorical way) frankly, all she has to do is be better that the Maga fucks, at least for now. Will take any win possible at the moment.

          God my standards have dropped.

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            23 days ago

            I understand the dread, and disappointment.

            Fat Baby Jeebus help us. But it seems, the smart psychopaths understand that what their Mad King is doing is bad, and are trying to offset the damage with the peasants.

            I’m not saying that’s a great thing, but shit…

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    This was really an administrative law case. The Biden administration was defending against a claim that the taskforce that decides which things should be covered was unconstitutional. Now the Trump admin has taken up the case and is arguing that the taskforce is constitutional, but because the secretary of hhs has final rule making authority and can actively override the taskforce. The supreme Court seems to be agreeing with that interpretation. Meaning that the brain worm will get more power to be able to decide which drugs should and should not be covered…so not a great result overall.

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    So next to nothing is better than nothing? Stop pretending that for-profit “health insurance” is anything other than gambling over when you’ll die