Biden administration seeks to strengthen insurance birth control requirements
The Biden administration is proposing a new rule that it says would give more women access to free birth control.
"If this rule is finalized, individuals who have health plans that would otherwise be subject to the ACA preventive services requirements but have not covered contraceptive services because of a moral or religious objection, would now have access," said
The administration says insurers were allowed to exclude coverage for contraceptive services due to "moral convictions" and religious beliefs after regulations were expanded in 2018.
The new rule proposed under the Biden administration would take out the moral exemption clause. Religious exemptions would not be changed.
"The proposed rules seek to ensure broader access to contraceptive services by creating an independent pathway for individuals enrolled in plans arranged or offered by objecting entities to make their own choice to access contraceptive services directly through a willing contraceptive provider without any cost," a press release from the
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