Earlier this month, Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler sent a letter to Washington health insurers in response to the ruling by a US District Court judge in the Northern District of Texas in Braidwood Management, Inc. v. Becerra, which placed a number of the ACA's preventive service mandates in jeopardy.
In the letter, the commissioner requested that Washington insurers continue the coverage of preventive services, pointing out that filings for Plan Year 2023 already include coverage of these services.
The commissioner also asked each carrier offering health plans in Washington to inform his office whether they plan to continue to offer all services with an 'A' or 'B' rating from the US Preventive Health Services Task Force without cost-sharing in their 2024 health plan filings, even in the absence of a stay of the court's ruling.
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Healthcare Litigation Tracker, Braidwood Management Inc. et al. v. Xavier Becerra et al.