KFF October 18, 2024
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) was passed over 14 years ago and yet, there are still gaps in awareness that federal law requires plans to cover the full cost of recommended preventive health care services, especially contraception.
Under the ACA, most private health plans and Medicaid expansion programs must provide coverage with no cost-sharing for many recommended preventive services that are important to women, including female contraceptives, mammograms, and yearly checkup visits. After a decade of major debates over the future of the ACA, today large majorities across partisanship have a favorable opinion of this ACA policy. However, there have been several legal challenges contesting part or all of the ACA, including an ongoing lawsuit, Braidwood Management Inc. v. Becerra,...
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