May 18, 2016

Fact Sheet: The ACA Contraceptive Coverage Rule

Executive Summary

The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires most health insurance plans to provide coverage for a broad range of women’s preventive health services without cost-sharing, including all Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved methods of contraception, related counseling, follow-up, side-effect management, and device insertion and removal at an in-network provider. This NHeLP fact sheet provides detail regarding the ACA’s contraceptive coverage rule.

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Executive Summary

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