Becker's Healthcare September 28, 2022
The Health Resources and Services Administration should do more to clarify which contraceptives are required to be covered at no cost under the ACA and make sure new methods are added to coverage requirements, healthcare attorneys write in an opinion for Health Affairs.
In a Sept. 28 article for the site, attorneys at healthcare-focused firm Epstein Becker & Green write that rules for which contraceptives must be covered are confusing for patients and providers. Currently, payers are required to automatically cover at least one contraceptive from 17 categories defined by the FDA.
For a patient to access a contraceptive method not automatically covered by their...