New Report: Health Reform Law Will Insure Nearly All Uninsured Woman By 2014, Make Health Care More Affordable For Millions Of Women

The new health reform law will expand health insurance coverage to nearly all uninsured women and will make health care more affordable for millions of women through premium subsidies beginning in 2014 and new rules, some already in place, that will protect women from high costs, according to a Commonwealth Fund report released today…

Health Reform Law Eases Way For States To Quickly Expand Access To Medicaid Family Planning Services

A provision in the federal reform law (PL 111-148) aims to make it easier and faster for states to expand Medicaid coverage for family planning services and contraceptives, Politico reports…

Opinion Piece, Editorial Discuss Contraceptive Use, Unintended Pregnancies

This week, an Institute of Medicine expert panel is holding its first meeting to discuss recommendations on women’s preventive health services. The recommendations will help HHS determine which services health plans will have to cover without cost-sharing by consumers under a provision of the federal health reform law (PL 111-148)…

Women's Health Advocates Argue For Birth Control Coverage Under Health Reform

Women’s health experts are calling on a federally convened expert panel to require new health insurance plans to cover contraceptives without cost-sharing under a provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), Minnesota Public Radio reports. One component of that provision, proposed by Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-Md…

IRS Continues To Exclude Breast Pumps From Tax-Exempt Status

Flexible health spending accounts cannot be used to pay for breast pumps and other breastfeeding supplies, according to an IRS decision stating that breastfeeding does not provide enough health benefits to qualify as a form of medical care, the New York Times reports. The federal health reform law (PL 111-148) includes several new rules for FSAs, which allow U.S…

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