Insurance Coverage for Contraception Is Required

[poehleroid]

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration issued new standards on Monday that require health insurance plans to cover all government-approved contraceptives for women, without co-payments or other charges

Comments

[roseofjuly]

Hell yes!

[factorywannabe]

Such great news! I originally read the story on yahoo and it amazed me how people think birth control is only used to prevent pregnancy. I brought this up in a comment and people legit thought I was stupid.

[disith]

This.

If you want to see intelligence, I suggest not going to that cesspool of stupidity.

[poehleroid]

there was a little blurb on the tv in the elevator at work about it

i couldn't stop smiling throughout the whole errand i had to run.

[midsummerskies]

it continually shocks me that contraception isn't free in the U.S

[poehleroid]

i feel like it lines up with a lot of current US policies, tbqh

[midsummerskies]

yeah I think it does but they shock me too

[marionravenwood]

This is great, but what I really want is for the pill to be over-the-counter:

http://ocsotc.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/McIntosh-2011-Pharmacotherapy-OCs-OTC.pdf

[roseofjuly]

OTC would be great for those of us who can afford them, but I'm guessing having them Rx actually helps a lot of women get them covered by insurance who wouldn't otherwise. I had to buy a few packs of pills out of pocket before and they cost me $60.

[marionravenwood]

One of the coolest things about this piece of legislation is that supposedly it will cover OTC forms of contraception (although I've yet to see details as to how).

[supermishelle]

Yesss go Obama administration.