https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/10/03/supreme-court-declines-covid-vaccine-mandate-health/8150013001/The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a challenge from 10 mostly conservative states that sued the Biden administration over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care facilities that receive federal funding.
Back in January the Supreme Court halted enforcement of a Biden administration vaccine-or-testing mandate for large employers. But the court permitted a vaccine mandate imposed by the Department of Health and Human Services on people employed at health care facilities that receive federal funding through Medicare and Medicaid. That measure affects about 10 million workers.
"One such function – perhaps the most basic, given the department’s core mission – is to ensure that the healthcare providers who care for Medicare and Medicaid patients protect their patients' health and safety," the court wrote in an unsigned opinion that drew a dissent from four conservative justices.
