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Tanya Somanader: What You Need to Know About the New Contraception Guidance
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 05/21/2015 - 11:44
- Most insurers must cover, without cost-sharing, at least one form of contraception in each of the 18 methods for women that the FDA has identified
- Must cover preventive screening, genetic counseling & genetic testing for those more likely to have a certain type of gene that puts them at increased risk for breast cancer (with MD consent)
- Issuers cannot limit preventive services based on an individual’s sex assigned at birth, gender identity, or recorded gender
- If a plan covers dependent children, companies must provide recommended women’s preventive services for those dependent children.
Source: "What You Need to Know About the New Contraception Guidance," The White House Blog, 12 May 2015.
Source URL: https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2015/05/12/what-you-need-kno...
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