Sentences with phrase «offer contraceptive»

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.

(Of those that offer contraceptive care at all.)

Compared with FQHC sites that offer contraceptive care, Planned Parenthood health centers do more to facilitate women's timely access to high - quality contraceptive care.4, 5

First, while there are indeed more FQHC sites than Planned Parenthood health centers across the country, not all of them offer contraceptive care.

At the local level, there are Title X — funded providers in about 2,000 U.S. counties.3 In one - third of those counties, there is no FQHC site providing contraceptive care, and in about half of them, FQHC sites that offer contraceptive care would have to at least double their contraceptive client caseloads.

In 27 states, FQHC sites that offer contraceptive care would have to at least double their contraceptive client caseloads, and in nine of those states, they would have to at least triple their caseloads (see map 2).3 Nationwide, this would mean taking on an additional two million contraceptive clients.

(CNN)- I don't know yet what I think of the Obama administration's policy of requiring employers, including Catholic ones, to offer contraceptive services for free as preventive care.

The plans who do not offer contraceptive services have HIGHER costs as a result of NOT offering the services.

All insurance companies and those involved in healthcare know, that the «total cost of care» is LESS for the plans which OFFER contraceptive services, than for those who do not.

Catholic News Agency: Few Catholic colleges freely choose to cover birth control, group says An analysis by the Cardinal Newman Society shows that most Catholic colleges offering contraceptive coverage do so because of a state mandate or medical reasons but not for birth control purposes.

If Santorum is the nominee and wins the Presidency, then Catholic hospitals won't have to worry about offering contraceptives to their employees via health plans.

Simply to allow the women who work for their organizations to be offered contraceptive coverage by their insurers.

The latter, of course, was the Hobby Lobby 5 - 4 squeaker, allowing HL, a «family - owned» corporation, to opt out of offering contraceptives to its employees through the Affordable Care Act, due to the religious convictions of its owners, who oppose abortion.

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.

However, only 60 % of FQHC sites nationwide reported offering contraceptive care to at least 10 women per year in 2015 and were considered part of the network of safety - net contraceptive providers.

Among the 2,015 counties that have a Title X — supported site, most FQHC sites offering contraceptive care would have to substantially expand their capacity in order to serve all of the female contraceptive clients currently served by non-FQHC Title X centers (see chart).

And they must be offered contraceptive care that meets the highest quality standards and that is culturally and linguistically appropriate, to help counter societal and provider biases that might be coercive in a more subtle manner.

For example, many specialized providers do not accept insurance; 4 one common reason is that many abortion patients pay out of pocket because they are unable or unwilling to use their insurance for abortion care.5, 6 Specialized providers may also face unique hurdles to the extent that their model of care does not already include clinic - based systems or regular training for offering 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.

Not exact matches

Contraceptives will be offered by the insurance companies for FREE.

Earlier this year, Department of Health and Human Services finalized plans that would require church - affiliated organizations to offer private health care that would include contraceptives.

Washington (CNN)- Seven states on Thursday filed a lawsuit against the federal government requirement that religious employers offer health insurance coverage that includes contraceptives and other birth control services.

In March, after an uproar among religious institutions that didn't want to pay for contraceptives, the Obama administration offered several policy suggestions that would require the administrator of the insurance policy, not the religious institution or the insurer, to pay for contraception coverage and invited comment on those proposals.

In 2014, when Obamacare came before the Supreme Court via the Hobby Lobby case, the court ruled 5 — 4 that employers who objected to the contraceptive mandate on religious grounds didn't have to offer birth control directly to female employees.

The administration is especially interested in the Hawaii model, in which female employees of religious institutions can purchase contraceptive coverage directly from the insurer at the same price offered to employees of all other employers.

The Affordable Care Act mandates that employers offer and individuals buy insurance that provides free contraceptives, abortion - inducing drugs, and sterilization.

«will be required to offer free access to FDA - approved contraceptives like the birth control pill and Plan B (the so - called morning - after pill)»

«Twenty states offer exemptions from contraceptive coverage (usually for religion) for insurers or employers in their policies: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas and West Virginia.»

The administration was still doing damage control over a U.S. Department of Health and Human Services policy that forces religious schools and institutions that offer employee health insurance to cover FDA - approved contraceptives.

No one is forcing people to use the contraceptives, just to offer the option in insurance.

If someone wants to offer that the real purpose of this law is to furtively provide healthcare for the poor — for people who couldn't afford contraceptives, now they can get it — then we can finally discuss why this hidden government aid program, didn't include any means testing — why does it apply to millionaires equally to the poor?

«Twenty - one states offer exemptions from contraceptive coverage, usually for religious reasons, for insurers or employers in their policies: Arizona, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan (administrative rule), Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Rhode Island, Texas and West Virginia.»

Ashlin, regardless of your beliefs, the law now requires employers to offer an insurance plan that DOES cover contraceptives.

Besides maternity services, The Midwives & Associates offer comprehensive well - woman care including Pap smear screening, breast examinations and mammography, contraceptive counseling, and menopause management.

But you may feel more secure knowing that the combination of exclusive breastfeeding and another contraceptive method offers more protection that either method alone.

Health Care Facilities: Offer appropriate family planning methods for lactating women, including LAM, non-hormonal methods, and progestin - only contraceptives.

Title X funding provides money for groups like Planned Parenthood and other entities that offer family planning and preventative health services, including contraceptive and cancer screenings.

The agenda, five months in the making, includes bills that call for the creation of a task force to assess the city university system's affordability, admissions and graduation rates, a report on the use of long - acting reversible contraceptives such as intrauterine devices, sexual assault awareness and prevention training for cab drivers, a street co-naming for the original Ms. Magazine headquarters and expanding the definition of employer under the human rights law to offer protections for domestic workers.

Image courtesy of iStockphoto / drkskmn Earlier this year, the Affordable Care Act began requiring private insurance agencies to offer many contraceptives at no cost to consumers.

Vasalgel is a long - acting reversible contraceptive (LARC) currently under development which will redress this imbalance by offering a reliable contraceptive for men.

The researchers also offer suggestions for «making the most of first - dollar contraceptive coverage.»

«Oral contraceptives offer a multitude of benefits beyond plain old birth control,» says Shree Chanchani, MD, an ob - gyn at NYU Langone Medical Center.

In addition to offering annual gynecological exams and contraceptive care, we also provide guidance on irregular periods, PCOS, menopause and other hormonal disturbances, PMS, bio-identical hormones, and treatment of abnormal Pap smears.

In Conestoga Wood Specialties v. Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, No. 13 - 1144, the Third Circuit rejected a religious - based constitutional challenge to the act's provision requiring companies to offer health insurance that covers contraceptives for women.

Unlike FDA - approved female contraceptive methods, like the pill, vasectomies aren't one of the ten essential health benefits that every health insurance plan has to offer.

If your contraceptive has a generic version, your insurance plan can choose to only offer the generic alternative for free.

Compared with publicly funded health centers that do not receive Title X funding, sites supported by Title X are more likely to offer the full range of contraceptive methods, and to help clients start and effectively use their chosen method (see chart 2).8

It is definite that hormonal contraceptives, which include oral birth control pills, offer many benefits other than preventing pregnancy.

Title X — funded providers offer high - quality and timely contraceptive care.

It is also unclear whether other types of safety - net health centers would be able to consistently provide the same degree of accessible, high - quality contraceptive care offered by Planned Parenthood.