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Generally, yes it does, if it is a fully insured plan. A fully insured plan is one that your college or university purchases from a health insurance company. These plans are required to provide, without cost sharing, access to all FDA-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, patient education and counseling prescribed…
The ACA includes a number of preventive services for women that ACA-compliant, “non-grandfathered” private plans are required to cover without cost sharing. Preventive services include: counseling and screening services including prenatal and preconception care; breast and cervical cancer screening; genetic counseling and testing for women at high risk of breast…
There are two kinds of IUDs: Hormonal and Copper. The federal law requires most ACA-compliant, “non-grandfathered” plans to cover at least one hormonal IUD (marketed as Mirena, Skyla, Lilleta or Kyleena) as well as the copper IUD (brand name ParaGard) with no cost sharing. The plans must also cover the…
In May 2015, the federal government clarified that ACA-compliant plans must cover at least one type of each of the 18-FDA approved methods for women as prescribed by a provider. There are three vaginal rings available: the NuvaRing, the generic EluRyng, and Annovera. Your plan should cover at least one…
Most non-grandfathered plans (plans that started or made changes after March 23, 2010) must cover contraceptives and related services with no cost sharing when they are obtained through an in-network provider. Plans must cover at least one type of each of the 18-FDA approved methods as prescribed. There are three…
The rules affecting student health plans are complicated and depend on the type of plan your college or university may offer. If your student health plan is fully-insured, it should cover all 18 FDA-approved contraceptive methods for women as prescribed, without cost sharing. However, if your college or university has a…
There are a number of ways that plans or employers can limit contraceptive services. Federal law requires that ACA-compliant plans must cover at least one form of each the 18 FDA-approved contraceptive methods for women when prescribed. But, a plan may apply reasonable medical management techniques such as prior authorization…
Yes. This regulation has been challenged numerous times in cases that reached the Supreme Court and legal challenges continue to this day. In June 2020, the Supreme Court upheld the Trump Administration regulations that significantly broaden employers’ ability to be exempt from the ACA contraceptive coverage requirement. However, the Supreme Court…
This issue brief describes how publicly-funded family planning providers are adapting in the COVID-19 pandemic and strategies they have implemented to continue providing quality family planning services while in-person visits are limited.
This brief explains how the new regulations issued by the Trump Administration would change the contraceptive coverage requirement for employers and affect women’s coverage, the legal positions for challenging and defending these regulations, the potential rulings, and the broader ramifications.
