Justice Department asks Supreme Court to reinstate federal vaccine mandate for certain health care workers nationwide

So far, lower courts have blocked the health care worker mandate from being enforced in about half the country.

 

The vaccine policy in question was rolled out by the US Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, which sought to require the Covid-19 vaccine for health care workers at certain providers that participate in Medicare and Medicaid. According to government estimates, the mandate regulates more than 10.3 million health care workers in the United States. ...