Today’s letter from SecBecerra, SecMartyWalsh and SecYellen underscores the requirements of the health insurance industry to ensure everyone has access to contraceptive services at no cost.
Today, Secretaries Xavier Becerra, Marty Walsh, and Janet L. Yellen of the U.S. Departments of Health & Human Services, Labor and Treasury , respectively, issued a letter to group health plans and health insurance issuers reminding them of their obligations under the Affordable Care Act to provide coverage for contraceptive services at no cost.
"The Biden-Harris Administration is committed to strengthening access to care and coverage. We are calling on the industry to remove impermissible barriers and ensure individuals have access to the contraceptive coverage they need, as required under the law," wrote the Secretaries in the letter."It is more important than ever to ensure access to contraceptive coverage with no out-of-pocket costs under the Affordable Care Act.
Plans and issuers are required to cover, at no cost, at least one form of contraception within each of the contraceptive categories identified by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration . This includes instances when an FDA-approved, -cleared, or -granted contraceptive product that is recommended by the individual's medical provider does not fall within one of the identified categories.
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