Many Americans were relieved when the Supreme Court left the Affordable Care Act in place following the law's third major legal challenge in June 2021. This decision permitted widely supported policies to continue, such as ensuring health coverage regardless of preexisting conditions, allowing coverage for dependents up to age 26 on their parents' plan, and removing annual and lifetime benefit limits. But millions are still at risk of losing access to lifesaving medicine and preventive services, following the Supreme Court's decision to hear another case ' Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. v. Braidwood ' that has been working its way through lower courts for several years. The case the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear in April 2025 was filed by Braidwood Management, a Christian for-profit corporation owned by Steven Hotze, a Texas physician and Republican activist who has previously filed multiple lawsuits against the Affordable Care Act. Braidwood and its co-plaintiffs, a group of...
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