HealthExec January 31, 2023
Amy Baxter

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) made history when it ensured birth control access with no co-payment, but recent changes to reproductive healthcare in the United States have led the Biden administration to propose strengthening access.

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) proposed a new rule that would expand access to contraception under the ACA “so that all women who need or want birth control are able to obtain it,” the agency said in a statement dated Jan. 30. The move comes after the Supreme Court overturned the groundbreaking court case that guaranteed the right to abortion care services in the United States in June 2022. The move prompted several states to immediately restrict access to abortion care services....

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Topics: ACA (Affordable Care Act), Govt Agencies, HHS, Insurance, Patient / Consumer, Provider
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