For Immediate Release
DATE: June 27, 2025
CONTACT: Katie Reinisch,katie@progressive-promotions.com, 303-653-1009
Adam Fox, afox@cohealthinitiative.org, 303-563-9108
CO Health Care Advocates Praise Today’s Ruling Protecting Basic, Preventive Benefits Covered under the ACA
Denver – Today the Supreme Court voted 6-3 to protect Americans’ access to preventive services under the Affordable Care Act in its ruling on Kennedy, Sec. of H&HS v Braidwood Management, Inc. This case challenged the structure of the task force at the federal level charged with recommending which preventive services must be covered without copays. The Supreme Court has upheld the structure and access to preventive services in its decision.
Adam Fox, deputy director of the Colorado Consumer Health Initiative, issued the following statement:
“We are relieved to see the Court rule in favor of continued access to preventive services that tens of millions of Americans have utilized. While Colorado has taken steps at the state level to keep robust preventive services in place, this ruling ensures Americans across the country continue to benefit from these important services that help millions stay healthy and catch health conditions before they become more severe. At a time when the ACA is under direct attack again in Congress, with proposals that will significantly increase premiums and out-of-pocket costs, continued access to these copay-free preventive services is vital. But let’s be clear: even with preventive services protected through this ruling, millions of Americans will have their health coverage terminated by the rushed and devastating Republican “Big, Ugly” budget bill if it passes. Preventive service protections don’t work if people have their health insurance stripped from them, and that’s what this bill will do to hundreds of thousands of Coloradans.”
Colorado Consumer Health Initiative is a nonpartisan, nonprofit, membership-based group advocating for equitable access to high-quality, affordable health care. CCHI serves Coloradans whose access to health care and financial security are compromised by structural barriers, affordability, poor benefits, or unfair business practices of the health care industry.