States Might Protect Contraception Access

[executrix]

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-obamacare-contraception-idUSKBN14W1CD

Summary if the link doesn't work for you: There are state laws in California, Maryland, Vermont, and Illinois to back-stop the PPACA requirement that health insurance plans cover contraception, and similar bills may be introduced in New York, Minnesota, Colorado, and Massachusetts. In 28 states, insurance companies have to include coverage of contraception in policies, but not all of the statutes require contraceptives to be available to insured women *without copayments.*

Comments

[sathari]

THANK YOU for this! States' rights: cuts both ways. (I'm now thinking that it might be worthwhile for all of us to check into county/municipality-level protections/supports for various programs as well--- thinking of all those blue cities in red states in particular, but also whether we can influence local officials and elections even more effectively. We're all Charlie Wilson now, maybe.)