[JURIST] The US House of Representatives [official website] passed a measure [legislative materials] on Friday which would allow insurance companies to continue selling limited-coverage policies. Insurance companies have canceled and refused to renew a number of these policies because they do not meet the minimum coverage required by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) [text; JURIST backgrounder], which took effect October 1. The bill, which passed 261 to 157, is unlikely to pass the Senate [Reuters report], and President Barack Obama has said that he would veto the bill if it reached his desk.

The PPACA has been subject to various challenges. Earlier this week a Michigan pro-life group challenged [JURIST report] the same contraception provision. Last month Hobby Lobby urged [JURIST report] the Supreme Court to review the case against the contraception mandate. Also In October the US Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit rejected [JURIST report] claims by Eden Foods, Inc. that it should be exempt on religious grounds from the contraception mandate of the PPACA. Earlier in October a federal judge for the US District Court for the District of Columbia declined [JURIST report] to issue a preliminary injunction against the insurance subsidies provision of the PPACA. Hobby Lobby is the leading proponent for challenging the contraception mandate under the PPACA. In May Hobby Lobby requested an exemption [JURIST report] from the mandate.