Biden Agencies Move to Bolster Access to Birth Control Coverage (1)

Access to birth control coverage offered under the Affordable Care Act would be expanded and strengthened under a proposed rule issued Monday by the Biden administration.

The ACA guarantees coverage of women’s preventive services, like birth control and contraceptive counseling, at no cost for women enrolled in group health plans or individual health insurance coverage. In 2018, new regulations expanded exemptions for religious beliefs and moral convictions that allow private health plans and insurers to deny coverage of contraceptive services.

Monday’s proposed rule—from the Departments of Health and Human Services (RIN: 0938-AU94), Labor (RIN:1210-AC13), and Treasury (RIN: 1545-BQ35)—would remove ...