U.S. requires Medicare plans to provide birth control coverage

U.S. requires Medicare plans to provide birth control coverage The Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule requiring new health insurance plans to provide comprehensive coverage for women's preventive care...

U.S. requires Medicare plans to provide birth control coverage The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued a rule requiring new health insurance plans to provide comprehensive coverage for women's preventive care, including contraception. The new rules are controversial among groups that oppose all contraception, such as the Roman Catholic Church, and groups that allow only certain types of birth control. The rules require insurance companies to create new policies that provide coverage for women's annual physical exams, prenatal and postpartum care, testing for sexually transmitted diseases, and all U.S.-approved contraceptive methods, including birth control pills, intrauterine devices and the controversial "morning-after pill." This refers to preventing conception after having sex without contraception.