Texas sues Biden administration over abortion medication pharmacy guidance
The Attorney General of Texas Tuesday filed a lawsuit against the Biden administration over federal guidance informing pharmacies that refusing to fill prescriptions for abortion medication breaks federal civil rights law. The complaint argues that the guidance was procedurally invalid and violates federal law, saying “the question of abortion is up to the people’s elected [...]
Biden administration to investigate 'inappropriate' antipsychotic drug use in nursing homes
The Department of Heath and Human Services (HHS) Wednesday announced an initiative to reduce the “inappropriate” use of antipsychotic drugs in US nursing homes. HHS Secretary Xavier Becrerra linked the improper drug use to erroneous schizophrenia diagnoses and argued that patients without an accurate diagnosis who take antipsychotics are at higher risk for poor care. [...]
US Supreme Court orders hold on termination of Trump-era deportation policy Title 42
The US Supreme Court Monday stayed an order from the US District Court for the District of Columbia blocking Title 42, a health policy used to deny migrants and asylum-seekers at the US border. Chief Justice Roberts stayed the lower court ruling “pending further order of the undersigned or of the Court” and requested a response [...]
US appeals court: religious organizations do not have to provide gender-affirming medical care
The US Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit Friday issued a permanent injunction against the enforcement of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA), which would require medical providers to provide gender-affirming medical services to transgender individuals. Two groups of Catholic employers and health care providers, the Religious Sisters of Mercy and the [...]
A federal judge Tuesday blocked Title 42, a health policy used to deny migrants and asylum-seekers at the US border. Emmet G. Sullivan of the District Court for the District of Columbia found that orders from the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) were arbitrary and capricious and not rationally related [...]
Texas doctors may challenge transgender discrimination prohibition as a class, judge rules
The US District Court for the Nothern District of Texas Friday granted class certification to two Texas doctors in their lawsuit challenging the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) announcement that Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) bans discrimination in healthcare against transgender Americans. The ruling is the latest development in the ongoing [...]
On one hand, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) designates access to nutritious foods as a social determinant of health — a factor, like economic stability and education, that has a major impact on the US population’s health, well-being, and quality of life. But on the other, free market ideals and resistance [...]
US President Joe Biden Wednesday signed an executive order protecting the right of American women to travel across state lines for abortion care and directing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to protect abortion and reproductive healthcare access. Biden signed the order in a video call to the first meeting of the Interagency [...]
The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Labor (DOL) and Department of the Treasury (Treasury) Thursday jointly announced new guidelines intended to clarify protections for birth control coverage from both businesses and health insurance providers under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The guidance clearly states that despite recent changes in US [...]
The US Department of Health and Human Services’ (DHHS) Office of Civil Rights Wednesday issued a legal guidance warning the country’s 60,000 retail pharmacies that refusing to fill prescriptions for medication that can be used for abortion violates federal civil rights law. The guidance clarifies that under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: As [...]
