The U.S. Supreme Court on June 27 ruled that the structure of a federal panel that issues mandates requiring insurers to cover preventive medical services without cost to patients is constitutional.
The majority opinion in the 6–3 decision in Kennedy v. Braidwood Management Inc. was written by Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
The decision reverses a federal appeals court decision that held that the structure of the Preventive Services Task Force was unconstitutional and its mandates therefore invalid.
“The Executive Branch under both President Trump and President Biden has argued that the Preventive Services Task Force members are inferior officers and therefore may be appointed by the Secretary of [Health and Human Services]. We agree,” Kavanaugh wrote….