The US government withdrew a rule about covering preventive health services

The US Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services departments have withdrawn a proposed rule about how health insurance plans cover preventive services under the Affordable Care Act. This means the existing rules for covering these services will remain in place, without the changes that were being considered.

This withdrawal means that health insurance plans will not face new requirements or clarifications regarding preventive care coverage. For patients, this means no immediate change to how their preventive services are covered. The proposed rule aimed to clarify what counts as a preventive service, and its withdrawal leaves the existing, sometimes ambiguous, definitions in place.