Bipartisan Senate bill would expand Medicare to cover birth control

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Bipartisan Senate bill would expand Medicare to cover birth control
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for women insured by the program due to long-term disability, closing what they described as a critical gap in coverage.

, but the same rules have not applied to the Medicare program, leaving a coverage gap for reproductive-age females on the program. As of 2014, about a third of patients on SSDI qualified due to mental disorders and another 28% qualified due to musculoskeletal system or connective tissue diseases. of Medicare-enrolled, reproductive-age women have some form of additional health insurance coverage, most of whom are covered by state Medicaid benefits as supplemental insurance. This means that prescription contraceptives for dually eligible patients are covered under state Medicaid benefits.

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