Obamacare Mandate Case Shifts After Appeals Decision (Correct)

The Biden administration scored a partial win when a federal appeals court lifted a nationwide block against preventive-care mandates under Obamacare. As the case heads back to a conservative district court judge in Texas, it’s unclear how durable the victory will be.

Still at issue is whether two other US Department of Health and Human Services agencies tasked with deciding which services must be covered followed administrative law. The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit didn’t expressly overrule US District Judge Reed O’Connor’s decision that those boards were validly appointed, but it sent the case back to the ...