The private company mandate was found unconstitutional because it was so broad, being every company with over 100 employees. SCOTUS said that OSHA could still mandate vaccination for certain work places where there lots of close, in person contact like manufacturing, or office work. A more targeted OSHA rule may have survived the court challenge. They also said that such a mandate would have been fine if it was an act of Congress and not an OSHA rule.
And regarding healthcare workers, it's not exactly all healthcare workers exactly, it's all healthcare workers at facilities that receive Medicaid or Medicare funding. It's been found constitutional many time before that when the federal government gives out money to programs or entities, that the federal government can put rules or stipulations on the use of that money. The thing is that Medicaid and Medicare coverage makes up a huge amount of people being seen by doctors or other healthcare facilities. So it's essentially impossible for a healthcare facility to exist and be viable without accepting Medicaid and Medicare funding. Therefore, it's kind of def facto all healthcare workers, even though the rule doesn't single out healthcare workers as a whole, just healthcare workers employed by facilities that accept government payments, ie all medical facilities.
The private company mandate was found unconstitutional because it was so broad, being every company with over 100 employees. SCOTUS said that OSHA could still mandate vaccination for certain work places where there lots of close, in person contact like manufacturing, or office work. A more targeted OSHA rule may have survived the court challenge. They also said that such a mandate would have been fine if it was an act of Congress and not an OSHA rule.
And regarding healthcare workers, it's not exactly all healthcare workers exactly, it's all healthcare workers at facilities that receive Medicaid or Medicare funding. It's been found constitutional many time before that when the federal government gives out money to programs or entities, that the federal government can put rules or stipulations on the use of that money. The thing is that Medicaid and Medicare coverage makes up a huge amount of people being seen by doctors or other healthcare facilities. So it's essentially impossible for a healthcare facility to exist and be viable without accepting Medicaid and Medicare funding. Therefore, it's kind of def facto all healthcare workers, even though the rule doesn't single out healthcare workers as a whole, just healthcare workers employed by facilities that accept government payments, ie all medical facilities.