Northwestern experts on SCOTUS upholding Obamacare’s preventive care provision

EVANSTON, Ill. --- The U.S. Supreme Court preserved a key part of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) today, upholding coverage of preventive care.

In a 6-3 ruling, the Court decided insurance companies would be required under the ACA to cover any preventive services recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force, affecting Americans access to preventive care like PrEP and cancer screenings.

Northwestern professors are available to media.

Dr. Ronald Ackermann, senior associate dean for public health, director of the Institute for Public Health and Medicine, and a professor of general internal medicine, medical social sciences and endocrinology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. He also is an internal medicine physician at Northwestern Medicine.

To set up an interview with Dr. Ackermann, please contact Kristin Samuelson at ksamuelson@northwestern.edu. 

Quote from Dr. Ackermann:

“The Supreme Court’s recent decision to uphold the preventive care requirement is a major victory for public health. Preventive care decisions are made between individuals and their healthcare providers. When such a decision is made, the ACA provision ensures that some patients won’t face barriers to receiving them because health insurance requires them to pay for them. Ensuring continued no-cost access to services like mammograms or screening children for vision problems where early treatment makes a difference is a public right and an important health policy to preserve. 

Daniel Rodriguez is Harold Washington Professor of Law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. His principal academic work is in the areas of administrative law, local government law, statutory interpretation, federal and state constitutional law, and the law-business-technology interface.

To set up an interview with Professor Rodriguez, please contact Shanice Harris at shanice.harris@northwestern.edu.