Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
Filling the need for trusted information on national health issues
Yes. If your plan will not initially cover the method your provider recommends, you should ask your provider to request a “waiver” or “exception” from your insurance plan. However, if you are enrolled in an employer plan, and the employer has a religious or moral objection to contraceptives, your plan might not include contraceptive coverage.
Short-term health insurance policies do not have to provide benefits required by the ACA, including contraceptive services. Health care sharing ministries, which are membership groups usually affiliated with a religion that help members pay for health care (not insurance), are also not subject to ACA benefit requirements.