A new Supreme Court case seeks to make it harder to get screened for cancer

January 14, 2025

The U.S. Supreme Court building

(Vox) – The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear Becerra v. Braidwood Management, the latest in a long line of lawsuits seeking to undermine the Affordable Care Act, the landmark health reform law that President Barack Obama signed in 2010.

Unlike some previous anti-Obamacare lawsuits, Braidwood Management is not an existential threat to the entire law. Should the Supreme Court buy the plaintiffs’ arguments in this case, however, that would give health insurers more leeway to refuse to cover certain treatments. Such a decision would also give employers more ability to offer health plans that deny coverage for those treatments. (Read More)