Supreme Court blocks COVID vaccine mandate for businesses, but OK for healthcare workers
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The Supreme Court has blocked a Biden administration mandate requiring that employers with more than 100 employees have them vaccinated or tested weekly.

The decision, by a vote of 6-3 with the three liberal justices dissenting, called the requirement an "encroachment into the lives" of many employees.

The Biden administration argued that an Occupational Safety and Health Administration ("OSHA") law gave them the power to issue the mandate.
The High Court, in a 5-4 ruling, let stand a separate mandate requiring vaccinations for workers at facilities that treat federally funded Medicare and Medicaid patients.
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