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Abstract: After dispensing major precedents affecting the public’s health in its prior three terms, SCOTUS 2024-2025 term was arguably less impactful amid several unanimous decisions preserving in part existing jurisprudence. This is an understatement. While the Court issued key decisions this term arguably favorable to communal health it also denied minors access to medical procedures sought by their doctors, diminished diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in employment, allowed states to deny health providers access to Medicaid because they also provided abortions, disallowed rural hospitals from collecting specific costs for treating low-income patients, and provided a “script” of sorts for executive control of federal health advisory committees.
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