This man wants to make people suffer, and that for the sake of suffering it seems.
As per The Economist article (paywall), bolded parts mine:
In 2020 Mr Hotze’s company challenged part of the law that requires health insurers to pay for preventive care. The plaintiffs’ argument in Braidwood Management Inc. v Becerra is twofold. First, they say the panel of experts that chooses which services must be covered is unconstitutional because its members are not appointed by Congress. Second, they claim that forcing insurers to pay for medicines like contraceptives and pre-exposure prophylaxis, an HIV pill, violates their religious rights.
A judge in northern Texas ruled in their favour last March. The federal government appealed and the case is now pending in the Fifth Circuit, the most conservative appeals court in America. Legal experts expect it to end up in the Supreme Court.
If the preventive-care provision is struck down, as many as 152m Americans could have to pay for check-ups and medicines they now get free. Screenings for anxiety and depression, all sorts of cancers and sexually transmitted diseases would probably require copayment. So would counselling for domestic violence and alcoholism.
According to a Morning Consult poll, at least two in five Americans would forgo preventive services if they had to pay. A study from Yale University found that removing the requirement would lead to 2,000 more HIV infections each year. Democratic states are hustling to codify the requirement for insurers to cover preventive care into state law.■
Mr Hotze is a monster.