Panel Set To Consider No-Cost Coverage Requirements For Women's Preventive Services Under Health Reform Law

On Nov. 16, a panel of experts convened by the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine is set to hold its first meeting to consider what types of services should be included among the preventive services that new private health plans must cover without cost-sharing by consumers, as required by a provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), the AP/Yahoo! News reports…

Panel Set To Consider No-Cost Coverage Requirements For Women's Preventive Services Under Health Reform Law

On Nov. 16, a panel of experts convened by the nonpartisan Institute of Medicine is set to hold its first meeting to consider what types of services should be included among the preventive services that new private health plans must cover without cost-sharing by consumers, as required by a provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148), the AP/Yahoo! News reports…

Breastfeeding Advocates Work To Aid Compliance With Health Reform Provision

The Maryland Breastfeeding Coalition is working with businesses in the state to encourage compliance with a provision of the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) that requires employers to provide women with break times and a private locations to pump breast milk or breastfeed their infants, the Baltimore Sun reports (Cohn, Baltimore Sun, 9/29)…

HHS Awards $27M In Grants For State, Tribal Pregnancy Assistance Programs

On Wednesday, HHS announced $27 million in grants to 17 states and 13 American Indian tribes as part of the Obama administration’s efforts to support pregnant and parenting teenagers and women, CNN’s “Belief” reports. The federal health reform law (PL 111-148) signed in March appropriates $25 million each year through 2019 for a Pregnancy Assistance Fund (Gilgoff, “Belief,” CNN, 9/29)…

ABC News Examines Link Between Lack Of Abortion Access, Misoprostol Use

Restrictions on abortion coverage under the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) could further marginalize immigrant and poor women’s access to reproductive care and legal abortion, ABC News reports…

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