STAT August 23, 2023
The Food and Drug Administration recently approved Opill, the first over-the-counter access birth control pill, in a monumental and long overdue win for reproductive and public health care. This FDA ruling will significantly expand access to high-quality contraception for folks across the country. However, true access will require affordability, too.
I had the honor of serving on the team in the Obama White House that tackled the challenge of making health insurance affordable to all under the Affordable Care Act. I had a front-row seat to see how women in Congress — led by Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Sen. Patty Murray, and especially former Sen. Barbara Mikulski — fought for coverage of women’s preventive services like mammograms, cervical cancer screenings, prenatal...
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