Monday, April 21, 2025 the Supreme Court of the United States will hear oral arguments in a landmark case challenging ObamaCare led by physician Steven Hotze, M.D. Earlier this year AAPS filed an amicus brief in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management, which challenges the “preventive care” mandate of the Affordable Care Act.
Read Statement by Dr. Hotze about the case and April 21 hearing: https://crtxnews.com/dr-hotzes-landmark-u-s-supreme-case/
The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force dictated the items that insurers must cover and employers fund. AAPS argues that “requiring subsidies for free access to medication interferes with the healthy market forces that drive down retail prices for every good and service. In addition, co-pays and insurance deductibles are essential in medical care to deter overuse and waste. The mandate at issue here for completely free use by employees of costly medication, without any copay or insurance deductible, is both unconstitutional and economically harmful.”
In particular, “the administrative mandate in this case forces millions of ACA-covered businesses to pay tens of thousands of dollars annually, to benefit merely one or a few employees, for medication to reduce the risk of HIV while engaging in a lifestyle prone to it.” If the authority of the Task Force is upheld, it could act in the future without political accountability to impose mandates such as no-cost abortifacient mifepristone or “transgender”-related care nationwide. Thus, a wealthy and political powerful faction supported by billion-dollar lobbying in Washington, D.C., could impose cultural change on the whole nation by issuing one-size-fits-all administrative mandates.
“As held in Dobbs, states should have leeway to go in their own direction on cultural and moral issues,” the brief concludes.
Read AAPS Amicus Brief: https://aapsonline.org/judicial/aaps-amicus-kennedy-v-braidwood-03-26-2025.pdf
Link to Live Audio of the Oral Argument: https://www.supremecourt.gov/oral_arguments/live.aspx
