Improving Access To Birth Control Will Reduce Need For Abortion, Columnist Writes

Even in 2010, “we can be downright Victorian when it comes to discussions of contraceptives,” Hartford Courant columnist Susan Campbell writes, adding that the notion that birth control is preventive care “might get lost in our age-old discussion of sperm and egg” and “becomes a piece of artillery in our pretend culture wars…

Ariz. Medicaid Cuts Include Women's Preventive Care Visits

Cuts to Arizona’s Medicaid program that took effect Oct. 1 eliminate coverage for some preventive services — including well-woman visits — for around 640,000 beneficiaries, the Arizona Republic reports. The Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System made the cuts in response to a state budget crisis and a growing number of program participants…

Blogs Comment On Preventive Care, Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Other Topics

July 16, 2010 — The following summarizes selected women’s health-related blog entries. ~ “Will Your Pills Be Covered?,” Dana Goldstein, Daily Beast’s “Blogs & Stories”: Contraceptive services are not on the “initial list of preventive services that new insurance plans must provide co-pay-free once the health care reform law (PL 111-148) is implemented in September,” Goldstein writes…

Federal Officials Weigh Inclusion Of Birth Control In Preventive Care Benefits

Beginning this fall, the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) will require health insurance plans to offer certain preventive health services at no direct cost to patients, and many women’s health advocates and employer groups hope that contraception is included among those benefits, Kaiser Health News/Washington Post reports…

Contraception Should Be Covered As Preventive Care, Opinion Piece States

A “little-noticed” provision in the federal health reform law (PL 111-148) “could greatly expand access to contraception by requiring insurance companies to cover it without any out-of-pocket costs,” which could “result in fewer unintended pregnancies and abortions,” Guttmacher Institute Senior Public Policy Associate Adam Sonfield writes in a CNN opinion piece. The amendment, authored by Sen…

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