A second regulation requires certain health care employees who work for facilities that participate in Medicare or Medicaid programs to obtain vaccinations. He is in private practice now but he served for three years as Texas’ solicitor general and is a former law clerk to retired Justice Anthony Kennedy. Prelogar sees the vaccine mandate differently, stressing the pandemic’s devastating impact. According to government estimates, the mandate regulates more than 10.3 million health care workers in the United States. Between the two, the thinking goes, health care providers that participate in Medicaid and Medicare programs have long been subject to conditions adopted by the government.

Source: CNN January 07, 2022 23:57 UTC