USPSTF Depression Screening Proposal Could Spur Cost-Free Coverage

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s draft recommendations Tuesday (Sept. 20) that all adults be screened for depression and those 65 and under for anxiety could, if finalized, spur cost-free private insurance coverage for such screenings, depending on how a high-profile lawsuit over the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services provision pans out. A federal judge in Texas recently ruled that the Affordable Care Act provision mandating cost-free preventive coverage violates the Appointment Clause, and the provision’s broader status is currently...