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Texas judge strikes Obamacare provisions on preventive care
WASHINGTON — A federal choose Thursday reversed a key Obamacare provision requiring strategies to deal with preventive treatment ranging from cancer and continual illness screenings to being pregnant treatment and particular medicines. The ruling could offer a massive blow to President Joe Biden’s moonshot aim of slashing cancer prices by means of early screenings . It also leaves the door open for insurers to refuse coverage of statins, medications protecting against HIV transmission known as PrEP, and a wide range of well being screenings recommended by federal officials. It could also inevitably threaten the Biden administration’s initiatives to reduced maternal and infant mortality charges and bolster reproductive rights in the…