Not exact matches
The news comes just weeks after federal officials drafted an interim final rule to roll back an Obamacare mandate that religious employers cover
birth control as part of health
insurance plans.
If you want to do that and use
birth control — go right ahead — but don't ask me
as a txpayer or
as someone paying into an
insurance program to pay for it.
Though most Americans believe employers should be required to supply
birth control in their health
insurance plans, they are split down the middle on whether businesses should be required to provide wedding services for same - sex couples,
as well
as on whether transgender people should be allowed to use the restroom of their choice, says a study released this week by the Pew Research Center.
I recently saw an article that said
birth control can be purchased for
as little
as $ 9, so health
insurance coverage for contraception should be a nonissue.
They are not really against
birth control,
as they are against using tax - payer dollars to pay for
birth control, or the government requiring churches and religious organizations to offer
birth control as part of their group medical
insurance plans.
The White House appears to be softening its stance on the controversial rule forcing some religious organizations to provide
birth control as part of their health
insurance plans.
Priests
as pedophiles, OK,
insurance pays for Viagra, OK but no
insurance for
birth control?
They are not required to purchase
birth control, only to provide me with
insurance as compensation for my labor.
Under the Affordable Care Act (the health care law), most
insurance plans cover FDA - approved prescription
birth control for women, such
as the pill, IUDs, and female sterilization, at no additional cost to you.
The rule would ensure those most in need — those who have very low incomes or lack health
insurance — still have access to lifesaving care such
as cancer screenings,
birth control, STI testing and treatment, and well - woman exams.
* Americans, by a 53 — 33 percent margin, favor the federal government requiring employers to offer free
birth control coverage
as part of their health
insurance benefit plans.
Already, some women who have
insurance are receiving
birth control without co-pays, and more will receive the benefit
as it kicks in across more health plans.
For a brief time on Wednesday, the term IUD was trending on Twitter,
as women urged each other to get the long - acting
birth control implant in case they lose their
insurance or, much less likely,
birth control suddenly becomes harder to acquire.
The rule ensures those most in need — those who have very low incomes or lack health
insurance — still have access to lifesaving care, such
as cancer screenings,
birth control, STI testing and treatment, and well - woman exams.
The Catholic Church says new federal regulations requiring employers to provide no - cost prescription
birth control as part of their health
insurance plans infringe on their religious liberty.
Title X is meant to ensure that every person — regardless of where they live, how much money they make, their background, or whether or not they have health
insurance — has access to basic, preventive reproductive health care, such
as birth control, cancer screenings, STI testing and treatment, and well - woman exams.
Planned Parenthood today hailed the Institute of Medicine (IOM)'s recommendation on including prescription
birth control as a women's preventive health service, which would be covered without co-pays by new
insurance plans under the Affordable Care Act.
Planned Parenthood's family planning health centers accept most major
insurance plans for reproductive healthcare such
as birth control, annual exams, STD testing and treatment, and more.
«Thanks to the Affordable Care Act, more women now have better access to vital health care services: about 12.8 million women of reproductive age will become newly eligible for health
insurance, and
insurance plans will soon be required to cover basic care such
as pelvic exams and
birth control without co-pays,» said Richards.
Seven in ten Americans believe that health
insurance companies should cover the full cost of
birth control, just
as they do for other preventive services.
The Obama administration announces that
as part of the Affordable Care Act, most health
insurance plans must cover
birth control for women with no additional copay
But the Trump administration has pushed to roll back access to
birth control, whether through employer - provided health
insurance, federal programs such
as Title X, or Planned Parenthood health centers.
In August 2011, following the recommendation of the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine, the Obama administration announced guidelines that would require health
insurance plans to cover women's preventive services — including
birth control — with no additional co-pay
as part of basic
insurance coverage.
And it's no wonder: Without
insurance coverage,
birth control pills can cost
as much
as $ 600 a year, with other methods costing even more.
In New York, the state's attorney general has moved to ensure that New Yorkers will continue to receive no - copay
birth control as part of their
insurance benefits, and Massachusetts moved to defend Medicaid patients» right to use Planned Parenthood's services in the event of federal interference.
There has been a lot of political posturing recently about whether the government should require health
insurance to provide
birth control without a co-pay
as part of a preventive health care package.