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In Their Own Words
A Federal Court Ruling Puts Free Preventive Care at Risk
The Braidwood Case Opens the Door For Others To Block PrEP and other Preventive Services
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The following excerpt is from an op-ed that first appeared in The Hill on July 20th, 2024.
A long-awaited court decision has finally arrived, with disturbing health implications: The ruling exempts select employers from fully covering a daily pill that can prevent a person’s chances of getting HIV by up to 99 percent.
But the effects of the Braidwood Management v. Becerra case extend beyond HIV care. The case could invalidate a startling range of free preventative services, and lead to a big jump in patient’s payments for cancer screenings, preventive drugs for heart disease, depression screenings, crucial prenatal care and much more.
Here’s how preventive care has suddenly become vulnerable.
Read the entire op-ed here.
Authors
Jalpa Doshi, PhD
Professor, Medicine, Perelman School of Medicine
Lorraine Dean, ScD
Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health
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