Preventive

• La Corte Suprema degli Stati Uniti ha votato con 6 voti contro 3 per confermare l'autorità della Preventive Services Task Force nel raccomandare quali servizi sanitari debbano essere coperti senza condivisione dei costi ai sensi dell'Affordable Care Act. • La sentenza afferma che l'organismo medico indipendente mantiene il potere di determinare gli standard di copertura per le cure preventive per milioni di americani con piani assicurativi ACA. • La decisione influisce sui dibattiti in corso sulle politiche sanitarie, mentre settantacinque organizzazioni mediche nazionali hanno sollecitato simultaneamente il Senato ad adottare le disposizioni sui pagamenti dei medici Medicare nel pacchetto di riconciliazione del budget.

• The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to uphold the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force’s authority to recommend no-cost preventive services under the Affordable Care Act. • The decision overturned a district judge’s injunction that had blocked the administration from enforcing grant flow restorations related to the task force. • The ruling preserves mandates for insurers to cover recommended screenings and vaccines without patient cost-sharing, impacting millions of Americans.

• Research analyzing U.S. Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data found that 31.9% of adults reported social isolation and 8.2% reported physical isolation, with both often overlapping. • Isolation was strongly associated with material deprivation including food insecurity and trouble paying bills, with 82.1% of physically isolated adults experiencing financial hardship compared to 30.9% of those not physically isolated. • Both types of isolation were linked to lower odds of receiving preventive health services including COVID-19, flu, and pneumococcal vaccinations, as well as cancer screenings, though financial hardship partly explained these associations.

• The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced expanded coverage for advanced lipid panels and inflammatory biomarker testing starting April 1, 2026, for beneficiaries age 50 and older. • The expansion removes prior authorization requirements for up to two tests annually, reflecting new evidence that early cardiovascular risk detection improves outcomes and reduces emergency hospitalizations by 18%. • CMS estimates the policy will affect approximately 28 million Medicare beneficiaries and cost $120 million annually while potentially preventing 8,000 heart attacks and strokes per year.