Thursday, January 13, 2022

Supreme Court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for U.S. workers, allows mandate for healthcare workers

 https://justthenews.com/government/courts-law/supreme-court-blocks-bidens-vaccine-mandate-us-workers-allows-mandate

In a Thursday afternoon ruling, the Supreme Court blocked the Biden administration's OSHA vaccine mandate that would apply to American workers. 

The court allowed a separate policy, that requires vaccinations for most health-care workers at facilities that receive Medicaid and Medicare funding, to stand. 

The court's majority was doubtful that the administration possesses the legal authority to impose a workplace vaccine mandate, which would have accounted for about 80 million employees. The healthcare worker mandate, on the other hand, accounts for about 17 million U.S. healthcare workers.