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Mayes: Ruling dropping preventive drugs from insurance would be devastating

Erin Murphy Cronkite News//June 9, 2023//[read_meter]

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Mayes: Ruling dropping preventive drugs from insurance would be devastating

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A federal district court in Texas is threatening to lift an Affordable Care Act mandate that requires insurers provide specific preventive health care coverage at no additional cost to customers, including availability of an HIV-prevention drug. Arizona officials have vowed to fight to preserve that coverage. (File photo by Alejandra Armstrong/Cronkite News)

Mayes: Ruling dropping preventive drugs from insurance would be devastating

Erin Murphy Cronkite News//June 9, 2023//[read_meter]

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes vowed Thursday to “fight like heck” against a federal court ruling that could overturn a mandate that health insurers provide HIV-preventive medication without charge. Mayes,...

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Tags: PrEP, preventive care, HIV, Mayes, Arizona Public Health Association Executive Director Will Humble, U.S. District Judge Reed O’Connor, Braidwood Management, Affordable Care Act, Protect Our Care Arizona, American Cancer Society

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