Fifth Circuit Judge Suggests Parties Craft Solution To ACA Preventive Services Dispute

One judge on the federal appeals court panel considering whether an order blocking HHS from enforcing the Affordable Care Act preventive services coverage mandate should continue to be partially stayed through its appeal is urging the parties to pursue a workable resolution, and legal expert Tim Jost says the panel appeared open to the government’s suggestion the court issue a narrow solution that only applies to insurers in Texas. Judge Leslie Southwick, a George W. Bush appointee, repeatedly pressed the...