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What does birth control without co-pays mean for you?

What does birth control without co-pays mean for you?
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Tell us — what does it mean to you that you will get birth control with no co-pays or deductibles?
Share Your Story

Has cost ever kept you from using the method of birth control that's best for you? Has it forced you to make tough choices, like going without birth control or even delaying paying a bill so you can afford it?

Thanks to the health care law, new insurance plans are required to cover birth control and other women's preventive health services with no co-payments or deductibles at the start of their next plan year. As more health plans come under the law's reach, more and more women will be able to keep their wallets closed when they pick up their birth control.

Tell us — what does it mean to you that you will get birth control with no co-pays or deductibles?

This new provision guarantees that by the end of 2012, 47 million women will have their birth control covered with no co-pay. And with studies showing that over fifty percent of women have skipped or delayed preventive care due to its cost, these benefits are a significant step forward for women's health.

What does getting birth control without a co-pay mean to you? Tell us your story today!

Thank you for helping continue the conversation on why access to affordable birth control is important to all women!

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I have four daughters.One is

I have four daughters.One is going to college and it will be hard for us to afford it; but we are going to invest our money in our kids. It will be some conformtate to know that my girls will not have to choose between eating a meal or buying their birth control in order to avoid pregnancy during heir educational time. Why not just focus on education than sex you say? Hey, we all live in the real world; tenagers don't always see things the right way expecially when they are lin "love". This will go along way to help; they can eat and live as human beings without guilt and most importantly prevent pregancy at the most inpportune part of their young lives.

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