The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires new private health insurance plans to cover many recommended preventive services without any patient cost-sharing. For adults, the required services are recommended by the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF), the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), and the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) based on recommendations issued by the Women’s Preventive Services Initiative. As new recommendations are issued or updated, coverage must commence in the next plan year that begins on or after exactly one year from the recommendation’s issue date.
This tracker presents information on preventive services recommended for adults, by condition, including a summary of the recommendation, the target population, the effective date of coverage, and related federal coverage clarifications. Note that there is ongoing litigation over the scope of the preventive services policy in the case, Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra. This tracker includes all current recommendations from USPSTF, ACIP, and HRSA . At this time , all nongrandfathered plans m u st continue to cover all preventive s ervices that are recommended by these bodies.
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