The U.S. government said health insurers must cover all FDA-approved methods of birth control without co-pays or charges to the patient, as it issued a paper on Monday looking to clarify coverage guidelines under the Affordable Care Act.
Recent published reports found that some payers were ignoring federal requirements for covering birth control, a benefit under the Obamacare healthcare reform.
On Monday, the Department of Health and Human Services issued a series of responses aimed at correcting misperceptions or potential coverage loopholes being exploited by some insurers.
It said a plan that covers some types of contraception, such as intrauterine devices, or IUDs, but excludes other forms of birth control would not be in compliance with federal regulations.
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didn't SCOTUS say something different?
ReplyDeleteExcept, of course, employers who claim their religion tells them it's morally unacceptable.
ReplyDelete8:13 - yes...ask Hobby Lobby!
ReplyDeleteI still cannot connect birth control with health care needs. I have no problem with contraception, per se, but it's more a social than a health issue, isn't it? Pregnancy, even unwanted, isn't a disease.
ReplyDeleteCrooked teeth are not a disease but my dental insurance covers braces.
ReplyDeletebut i bet the braces arent free
DeleteGenders are "assigned" at birth?
ReplyDeleteThese are the most anti-intellectual, anti-scientific people around.
They deny biological facts.
Flat-earthers are geniuses compared to this group.
Great news more affordable may help stop those unexpected pregnancies that we end up paying for with our tax dollars for those free bee's single mothers receive.
ReplyDelete8:54 - I disagree - unwanted pregnancies are a plague on this country!
ReplyDeleteIf it weren't for unwanted pregnancies, the welfare and food stamp rolls would be almost nonexistent. Prisons would be less populated for fewer would commit crimes - just to feed their family!
I would much rather spend the money on prevention than food stamps and welfare....allow these able-bodied (without children to hold them back) to take jobs and earn a wage - and maybe grow in to a productive member of society.
It's got to be cheaper for insurance companies to pay for birth control for women than to pay for their pregnancy and childbirth and then the medical assistance for the child.
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