Birth control mandate falling short

Published April 16, 2015 2:43pm ET



A new study confirms what women’s advocates have long suspected: Insurers still place lots of limits on covering birth control despite the healthcare law’s requirements to do so.

Kaiser Family Foundation researchers found many health plans don’t include all types of federally-approved contraception or they collect co-pays or require other steps before covering it, in a review of contraceptive coverage by 20 different plans in California, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey and Texas.

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