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This issue brief provides a deeper look at telecontraception platforms, offering insights into the practices of 13 different companies that have attempted to make contraception more accessible outside of a clinical setting.
This brief presents new data from the KFF Women's Health Survey on coverage and use of reproductive and sexual health services among different subgroups of women ages 18 to 49.
This issue brief presented in a narrative story map reviews the impact the Trump Administration regulations have had on the Title X network and discusses the likely impact and limitations of the Biden Administration’s potential actions.
This brief outlines the potential health policy actions that President Biden could take using executive authority, based on campaign pledges, and actions that would reverse or modify regulations or guidance issued by the Trump Administration.
From a nationally representative sample of 855 office-based U.S. OBGYNs, this brief shows how OBGYNs have adapted their provision of sexual and reproductive health care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many OBGYNs have rapidly adopted telehealth, but not without challenges.
This brief presents data from the 2022 KFF Women’s Health Survey about reproductive age (18-49) females’ preferences for an over-the-counter contraceptive pill (N = 4,088).
This brief explains the preventive services coverage requirements, the basis of the Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra lawsuit, next steps in the litigation, and the potential implications.
This Health Policy 101 chapter explores how national and state policies shape coverage and access to care for women, with a focus on recent policy and legal developments that affect women's health. It takes a deeper dive into the policies that drive health coverage and costs, reproductive and maternal health access, mental health care, and intimate partner violence and how these policies shape the health of women who are at greater risk of being marginalized, discriminated against, or face health inequities.
In October 2023, the Departments of the Treasury, Labor, and Health and Human Services issued a request for information to gather public input about the potential benefits, costs, and implementation considerations of requiring private health insurance plans to cover OTC preventive services and supplies without a prescription. This policy watch addresses key considerations for the implementation of insurance coverage for non-prescribed OTC contraceptives based on the lessons learned from KFF’s 2023 study of Insurance Coverage of OTC Oral Contraceptives.
This issue brief explains how misinformation about contraceptives and how pregnancy is defined in state abortion bans may impact contraceptive access, and outlines the legal protections some states have established to affirm the right to obtain contraceptives.
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