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Daily pills and long-acting PrEP both scored a grade A for preventing HIV. Now Medicare is considering national coverage.

The North Carolina insurer’s policy “will worsen health inequities” for Black and Latino people, claim the discrimination complaints.

Plus: Over 10 prevention services related to hepatitis, HIV and sexually transmitted infections covered by the Affordable Care Act.

Plus, a court ruling has the potential to invalidate required free screenings, including for breast, colorectal, cervical and lung cancer.

The ruling centered on PrEP as HIV prevention but could apply to cancer screenings and other services and drugs.

A Texas lawyer argues that requiring insurance to cover PrEP to prevent HIV amounts to forcing Christians to support homosexual behavior.

A federal lawsuit heard last month could upend or even eliminate the preventive care requirement in the law, known as Obamacare or the ACA.

Some 100 million people—including 41% of U.S. adults—have health care debt, according to a recent KFF survey.

The burden is forcing families to cut spending on food and other essentials. Millions are being driven from their homes or into bankruptcy.

Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) prescriptions are supposed to be free under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), but barriers persist.

Telemedicine is an increasingly used to provide convenient PrEP services. But are these programs following U.S. guidelines?

The United States might see one of the steepest increases in the country’s uninsured rate in years.

Plus: The White House moves to ensure that future ACA health plans cost less, protect those with chronic illness and don’t discriminate.

The CVS lawsuit could have affected disability rights and whether health plans could force clients to get meds at specific pharmacies.

Starting November 1, you can enroll in or renew health plans for 2022 through the Affordable Care Act.