The Biden-Harris administration proposed a ruling under the Affordable Care Act expanding coverage of prescribed and over-the-counter contraception.
The new rule would expand coverage, allowing millions of people on private health insurance to pick up free condoms, birth control pills, or “morning after” pills from local storefronts without a prescriptionThe White House announced Monday that the Biden-Harris administration plans to increase contraception accessibility, expand insurance coverage, and encourage reproductive education in a proposed ruling under the Affordable Care Act.
or even condoms that doctors have issued a prescription for. But the new rule would expand that coverage, allowing millions of people on private health insurance to pick up free condoms, birth control pills, or “morning after” pills from local storefronts without a prescription. The statement included efforts to cover other preventative services, such as cancer screenings, without additional costs.
This comes 16 months after Biden's third executive order in June 2023, which also aimed to strengthen access to contraception for specific groups, including Medicaid and Medicare recipients, military members and college students.
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