STAT June 23, 2023
WASHINGTON – President Biden on Friday told federal health officials to boost contraception access, the administration’s latest attempt to shore up reproductive rights as abortion limits snowball across the country.
The president’s executive order, released this morning, instructs the Health and Human Services Department to ensure people on commercial insurance are getting contraception at no cost — a requirement under the Affordable Care Act — and consider moves to boost access in Medicare and Medicaid. He similarly ordered Veterans Affairs and the Office of Personnel Management to consider action that would shore up access for veterans and federal employees.
However the president does not suggest a timeline for guidance or direct federal officials to consider new requirements to codify access...
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