Monday, August 1, 2011

Wow. That's great, actually.

According to Salon, under the ACA, insurers will be required to provide birth control and other reproductive health benefits with no copay.

The requirement is part of a broad expansion of coverage for women's preventive care under President Barack Obama's health care law. Also to be covered without copays are breast pumps for nursing mothers, an annual "well-woman" physical, screening for the virus that causes cervical cancer and for diabetes during pregnancy, counseling on domestic violence, and other services.

"These historic guidelines are based on science and existing (medical) literature and will help ensure women get the preventive health benefits they need," said Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius.

This is very good news, and surprising coming from a health care bill that is transparently full of corporate giveaways.

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