Sentences with phrase «contraceptives in its health plans»
It wants to be able to avoid providing contraceptives in its health plans and hospitals, even though non-Catholic hospitals and insurance companies are required to do so.
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Actually, providing contraceptives will lower healthcare costs as pregnancies are a LARGE factor in the cost of a health insurance plan.
The Department of Health and Human Services has mandated that most large employers include in their health plans, at no cost, pharmaceutical contraceptives, sterilization procedures, and certain forms of so - called «emergency contraception.&Health and Human Services has mandated that most large employers include in their health plans, at no cost, pharmaceutical contraceptives, sterilization procedures, and certain forms of so - called «emergency contraception.&health plans, at no cost, pharmaceutical contraceptives, sterilization procedures, and certain forms of so - called «emergency contraception.»
c — «Are you suggesting that non catholics be forced to accept not having contraceptives available in their health care plans.»
Hobby Lobby explained in a statement that its Green family owners «have no moral objection to providing 16 of the 20 FDA - approved contraceptives required under the HHS mandate and do so at no additional cost to employees under their self - insured health plan.»
After closed - door conversations with the White House going back to November, the cardinal - in - waiting challenged the White House over an insurance mandate from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that forced religious institutions, except for houses of worship, to provide insurance plans that included coverage for contraceptives.
(CNN)-- The Obama administration's key Catholic ally on its controversial plan to require health insurers to provide free contraceptive coverage is dropping support for the plan, potentially complicating the president's relations with Catholics in an election year.
Can employers be compelled to include contraceptives and abortifacients in their employee health plans, if their faith teaches it's wrong?
On Wednesday, Rush Limbaugh blasted Sandra Fluke, a Georgetown law student who testified before Congress in favor of contraceptive coverage in health plans, as a «slut» and a «prostitute.»
As the Pope still has significant influence over the less educated masses in these parts of the World, he has exercised this power by: (a) Using some of the Vatican's incomprehensible wealth to educate these vulnerable people on health family planning and condom use; (b) Supporting government programs that distribute condoms to high risk groups; (c) Using its myriad of churches in these regions to distribute condoms; or (d) Scaring people into NOT using condoms, based upon his disdainful and aloof view that it is better that a person die than go against the Vatican's position on contraceptive use.
Patients from all over the city and Onondaga County go to the East Genesee Street Planned Parenthood — the only one in the city — to get contraceptive care, sexually transmitted infection testing, health screenings, abortion services and a spectrum of women's health care.
The US Supreme Court agreed to take up the case of the Little Sisters of the Poor, a group of Catholic nuns facing tens of millions of dollars in IRS fines because they can not, according to their faith, include contraceptives in their employee health plan.
«There is an ongoing national debate about contraceptive coverage requirements in private health plans in the U.S.,» says lead author Michelle Moniz, M.D., an OB / GYN and researcher at the University of Michigan Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation clinical scholar.
The state is the first to implement such a law, a bold move at a time when many federal and state politicians throughout the country are taking action to restrict women's access to contraception, such as defunding Planned Parenthood — a major provider a family planning health care services in the U.S. — and attempting to block a provision in the Affordable Care Act that mandates health insurance companies cover the cost of contraceptives.
As the Women's Health Advocate at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Ms. Cassanego developed client education materials on contraceptive methods, assisted in the implementation of two family planning — related research studies conducted by UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Gynuity Health Projects, as well as acted as a support doula to women and adolescents undergoing reproductive health proceHealth Advocate at a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC), Ms. Cassanego developed client education materials on contraceptive methods, assisted in the implementation of two family planning — related research studies conducted by UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Gynuity Health Projects, as well as acted as a support doula to women and adolescents undergoing reproductive health proceHealth Center (FQHC), Ms. Cassanego developed client education materials on contraceptive methods, assisted in the implementation of two family planning — related research studies conducted by UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and Gynuity Health Projects, as well as acted as a support doula to women and adolescents undergoing reproductive health proceHealth and Gynuity Health Projects, as well as acted as a support doula to women and adolescents undergoing reproductive health proceHealth Projects, as well as acted as a support doula to women and adolescents undergoing reproductive health procehealth procedures.
Guttmacher found that in 2015, only six in 10 FQHC sites reported serving at least 10 contraceptive clients in a year; this subset of sites are then counted among the nation's safety - net family planning centers.3 Second, client volume must also be taken into account: On average, a Planned Parenthood health center serves 2,950 contraceptive clients in a year, while an FQHC site providing contraceptive care serves 320.1
In reality, although they have become increasingly important sources of publicly funded contraceptive care, FQHCs could not readily serve all the women who rely on Planned Parenthood (see «Federally Qualified Health Centers: Vital Sources of Care, No Substitute for the Family Planning Safety Net,» 2017).
Planned Parenthood health centers receive Medicaid reimbursement for contraceptive services, STI testing and treatment, cancer screenings and other care they provide to people enrolled in the program.
In order to serve all the women currently obtaining contraceptive services at Planned Parenthood health centers nationwide, other types of safety - net family planning providers would have to increase their client caseloads by 47 %, on average.2 Federally qualified health center (FQHC) sites offering contraceptive care, hospital sites and others would have to increase their capacity by more than half (see chart 1).2 Sites operated by public health departments nationwide would have to increase their contraceptive client caseloads by a lesser proportion.
The vast majority of Planned Parenthood health centers offer initial oral contraceptives and refills on - site, as do three - quarters of health department sites; only one - third of sites operated by FQHCs do so.2 In addition, 99 % of Planned Parenthood health centers allow women to delay a pelvic exam when initiating hormonal contraceptives and use the «quick - start» protocol to enable a client to start the pill on the day of her visit, regardless of where she is in her menstrual cyclIn addition, 99 % of Planned Parenthood health centers allow women to delay a pelvic exam when initiating hormonal contraceptives and use the «quick - start» protocol to enable a client to start the pill on the day of her visit, regardless of where she is in her menstrual cyclin her menstrual cycle.
Two - thirds of all U.S. women in need of publicly funded contraceptive care live in counties where Planned Parenthood health centers are located (see Key Definitions).
In 238 of the 415 counties with a Planned Parenthood health center in 2015, Planned Parenthood served at least half of the women obtaining publicly supported contraceptive services from a safety - net health center (see chart 3).4 One - quarter of all women in need of publicly funded contraceptive services lived in these 238 countieIn 238 of the 415 counties with a Planned Parenthood health center in 2015, Planned Parenthood served at least half of the women obtaining publicly supported contraceptive services from a safety - net health center (see chart 3).4 One - quarter of all women in need of publicly funded contraceptive services lived in these 238 countiein 2015, Planned Parenthood served at least half of the women obtaining publicly supported contraceptive services from a safety - net health center (see chart 3).4 One - quarter of all women in need of publicly funded contraceptive services lived in these 238 countiein need of publicly funded contraceptive services lived in these 238 countiein these 238 counties.
In fact, nearly all of Planned Parenthood's health centers offer the full range of federally approved contraceptives methods.
Next week, the House is expected to take a vote on H.R. 217, Rep. Mike Pence's (R - IN) bill, which would deny access to preventive care for millions of women by prohibiting health centers across the country, including Planned Parenthood health centers, from receiving federal funding for preventive care, including annual exams, lifesaving cancer screenings, contraceptive services, and testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections.
Barring Planned Parenthood health centers from Medicaid would result in a net cost of $ 130 million to taxpayers over 10 years due to increased unintended pregnancies without Planned Parenthood's contraceptive care, projects the Congressional Budget Office.
In the 415 counties with Planned Parenthood health centers, FQHC sites providing contraceptive care would have to substantially expand their capacity in order to serve all of the female contraceptive clients currently served by Planned Parenthood (see chart belowIn the 415 counties with Planned Parenthood health centers, FQHC sites providing contraceptive care would have to substantially expand their capacity in order to serve all of the female contraceptive clients currently served by Planned Parenthood (see chart belowin order to serve all of the female contraceptive clients currently served by Planned Parenthood (see chart below).
Although proponents of defunding Planned Parenthood argue that other providers — namely health departments and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs)-- would easily be able to fill the overwhelming hole torn in the safety net, evidence suggests otherwise.1 Planned Parenthood health centers consistently perform better than other types of publicly funded family planning providers on key indicators of accessibility and quality of contraceptive care.2 Plus, Planned Parenthood serves a greater share of women who obtain contraceptive care from safety - net health centers.3 And in some communities and for many women, Planned Parenthood is the predominant source of publicly funded contraceptive care.4 It is simply unrealistic to expect other providers to readily step up and restore the gravely diminished capacity of the family planning safety net were Planned Parenthood defunded.
NEW YORK CITY — Following today's editorial in the New York Times, «Costly Contraceptives,» Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA), the nation's leading reproductive health care advocate and provider, called on Congress to address the growing problem of access to affordable birth control in America.
Planned Parenthood health centers served over 80,000 Ohio patients in 2013, providing contraceptive services to over 66,000 patients and STI tests to over 105,000 patients.
In 2014, federally qualified health centers only provided about a third of the contraceptive services that Planned Parenthood did, according to the Congressional Research Service.
Guttmacher Institute Study Documents Major Lags in Contraceptive Access Across the Nation; Planned Parenthood Calls on Legislators to Adopt Sound Public Health Policies
She also founded the first maternal / child health and family planning program in Juarez, using community - based contraceptive distribution for the first time in Mexico.
And for the first time in history, the platform attacks Planned Parenthood by name, denying abortion as basic health care and ignoring the millions of patients who rely on Planned Parenthood health centers each year for cancer screenings, contraceptives, and other critical services.
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UNFPA supports many aspects of voluntary family planning, including procuring contraceptives, training health professionals to accurately and sensitively counsel individuals about their family planning options, and promoting comprehensive sexuality education in schools.
Therefore, the projected proportionate increases for both unintended pregnancy and abortion in the absence of the contraceptive services provided by Planned Parenthood health centers are the same — in this instance, 15 %.
Some have built on this line of reasoning by suggesting that oral contraceptives should be given over-the-counter status too, as a replacement for comprehensive insurance coverage of contraception.1 Similarly, social conservatives seeking to exclude Planned Parenthood from public programs such as Medicaid have argued that less - specialized health care providers, such as federally qualified health centers, could fill the void this would create.2 And in October, a leaked White House memo recommended that funding for the Title X national family planning program should be cut by at least half and suggested that money could be better used for teaching adolescents about fertility awareness methods exclusively.3
Moreover, FQHC sites frequently perform worse on critical indicators of the quality of contraceptive care than do Planned Parenthood health centers (see «Understanding Planned Parenthood's Critical Role in the Nation's Family Planning Safety Net,» 2017).
As Congress continues to debate these issues, the Guttmacher Institute received a request from Sen. Patty Murray (D - WA), in her capacity as ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, for information about FQHCs» ability to serve the millions of women who currently obtain contraceptive care from Planned Parenthood and other types of Title X — supported sites.
Spacing pregnancies reduces the risk of having a low birth weight or premature birth.10 Preventing unintended pregnancies can help women manage health conditions such as diabetes, hypertension and heart disease as well as avoid increased risk for depression.11 — 13 Contraceptive use also enables women to achieve their own educational and career goals and support themselves and their families financially.14 On top of all of this, every dollar spent on publicly funded family planning services saves $ 7 in federal and state spending on medical care related to unintended pregnancies.15
They must provide each patient with a broad range of services, from vaccinations to dental and vision care to mental health services — all of which they would have to offer to any new contraceptive clients, as Rosenbaum points out.11 Expecting FQHC sites to expand their capacity to deliver all of these services to millions of additional clients, and to consistently provide family planning services in a way comparable to Planned Parenthood or other Title X providers, is unrealistic.
A regulation adopted by New York in June requires health insurance plans to cover all contraceptive methods as well as a 12 - month supply after an initial three - month supply has been obtained.
About one in three (3,700) safety - net family planning centers receive Title X funds, collectively serving nearly four million women annually across the country.1 Among women who obtain contraceptive care at some type of safety - net health center, six in 10 receive that care from a Title X — supported site.
Health Canada's reclassification of the levonorgestrel «morning - after pill» as a nonprescription drug, thus permitting pharmacists to dispense this postcoital oral contraceptive directly to women who need it, when they need it, is welcome news (see page 861).1 Less welcome is the «behind the counter» classification of levonorgestrel 0.75 mg (Plan B) by the provinces, which makes consultation with a pharmacist mandatory for any woman seeking to avoid an unintended pregnancy in this way.
On August 1, 2012, Food and Drug Administration - approved contraceptives became available to women for free (or without co-pay), and starting in January 2014, this benefit will apply to most private health insurance plans and health insurance plans through the exchanges.
As of August 1, 2013, group health plans established or maintained by certain religious employers, and insurance coverage provided in connection with such plans, are exempt from the requirement to cover contraceptive services.
This makes sense, given that the average FQHC site offering contraceptive care serves 320 contraceptive clients in a year, while the average Planned Parenthood health center serves 2,950.
FQHCs are an integral part of the publicly funded family planning effort in the United States, but it is unrealistic to expect these sites to serve the millions of women who currently rely on Planned Parenthood health centers for high - quality contraceptive care.
This analysis shows that if congressional leadership were successful in cutting Planned Parenthood health centers out of the family planning safety net, it would be unrealistic to expect FQHC sites that offer contraceptive care to fill that considerable gap.
In order to respond, we have expanded upon the analysis that we conducted in response to your April 7, 2017 request for information concerning the availability of publicly funded contraceptive care to U.S. women, particularly from sites operated by Planned Parenthood and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).1 In this analysis, we assume that all the clients seeking contraceptive care who are currently served by Planned Parenthood health centers in each state would be distributed to other types of safety - net family planning centers in the same proportions that contraceptive clients are currently served by each of these other types of centerIn order to respond, we have expanded upon the analysis that we conducted in response to your April 7, 2017 request for information concerning the availability of publicly funded contraceptive care to U.S. women, particularly from sites operated by Planned Parenthood and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).1 In this analysis, we assume that all the clients seeking contraceptive care who are currently served by Planned Parenthood health centers in each state would be distributed to other types of safety - net family planning centers in the same proportions that contraceptive clients are currently served by each of these other types of centerin response to your April 7, 2017 request for information concerning the availability of publicly funded contraceptive care to U.S. women, particularly from sites operated by Planned Parenthood and federally qualified health centers (FQHCs).1 In this analysis, we assume that all the clients seeking contraceptive care who are currently served by Planned Parenthood health centers in each state would be distributed to other types of safety - net family planning centers in the same proportions that contraceptive clients are currently served by each of these other types of centerIn this analysis, we assume that all the clients seeking contraceptive care who are currently served by Planned Parenthood health centers in each state would be distributed to other types of safety - net family planning centers in the same proportions that contraceptive clients are currently served by each of these other types of centerin each state would be distributed to other types of safety - net family planning centers in the same proportions that contraceptive clients are currently served by each of these other types of centerin the same proportions that contraceptive clients are currently served by each of these other types of centers.