On August 1st, 2012 the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) required all health insurers and employers to cover the cost of contraceptives in their health insurance plans. The provision ecempted religious organizations and churches. In 2017 the Trump administration issued a rule that allowed a much broader set of employers to opt out of offering coverage for birth control, making moot a “workaround’’ designed by the Obama administration that allowed women in some cases to obtain coverage even if their employers had declined to offer it directly. In July…
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People are not getting anything for "free" when they pay premiums on insurance. Women should be able to choose policies which cover the health care they need.
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Yes. Birth control should be treated like any other health issue. Where health plans pay for Viagra or fertility treatments, then they should also pay for birth control. Where Viagra and fertility treatments require a co-pay, the a co-pay seems fair, but even in that case the co-pay should be reasonable. Also, when I had employer health insurance, the insurer provided information on a myriad of health concerns (avoiding diabetes, heart health, exercise, etc.). Insurance companies should also provide the same level of information on family planning.