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Contraception Coverage
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InsureReinsure
Healthcare Update: Senate Rejects Anti-Contraception Amendment; State Budget Shortfalls Put Medicaid and Other Programs at Risk; NJ Postpones Long-Term Care Overhaul
In a 51-48 vote on March 1, the Senate rejected a controversial amendment that would have allowed health plans to decline to cover health services to which the plan or…
Health Industry Washington Watch
White House Announces Change to Rules Regarding Coverage of Contraceptive Services for Certain Religious Groups
As previously reported, last month HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced that certain religious employers who currently do not provide coverage for contraceptive services under their insurance plan will be required…
Employee Benefits Blog
HHS Provides Additional Guidance on Health Plan Coverage of Contraceptive Services by Nonprofit Religious Employers
by Amy Gordon and Susan Nash The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) requires non-grandfathered group health plans to provide coverage for certain preventive services on a first dollar…
Health Law Prof Blog
Guest Blogger Elizabeth Sepper: “Insuring” Conscience for Contraceptive Coverage
Thanks so much to Katharine Van Tassel and the rest of the Health Law Profs for the opportunity to guest-blog here! My posts for the next month will focus on…
Employee Benefits Law Report
PPACA Standards For Coverage Of Preventive Care Extended To Contraceptives
On Monday, August 1, 2011, the Obama administration announced new guidelines that require health care plans to cover certain women's preventive services, including birth control and voluntary sterilization. The action…
Labor Law Prof Blog
8th Cir: PDA Does Not Cover Contraception
There is an important decision out today from the 8th Circuit in a class action suit concerning whether an employer's health care plan violates the Pregnancy Discrimination Act (PDA) by…