That's the question federal officials will by answering in the next year as they continue writing regulations to implement the Affordable Care Act. If federal regulators decide to include prescription contraception in its list of official preventive services, private insurers will be required to cover 100% of the cost.
To help convince federal regulators, Planned Parenthood just launched a campaign called “Birth Control Matters.” The effort includes an online petition and results of a poll commissioned by Planned Parenthood showing that 81% of women and 60% of men agree that birth control “definitely” or “probably” should be “covered under preventive health care.”...
Dr. Mark Allison | 1/20/2013
