DOJ Appeals TX District Court Ruling Against ACA Preventive Benefits

One day after a federal district judge in Texas blocked HHS from enforcing the Affordable Care Act’s preventive services mandate, the Department of Justice filed a notice of appeal to the 5th Circuit, prompting praise from stakeholders who had pushed the administration to quickly fight the decision. Stakeholders also want the administration to request the ruling be stayed as the case winds through the court, but DOJ had no information on the status of such a request on Friday (March...