Fact Sheets

2013 Supplement to Making Care Less Taxing: Improving State Child and Dependent Care Tax Provisions

This memorandum summarizes changes to state and federal child and dependent care tax provisions that took effect or were enacted in 2012.

High-Quality Prekindergarten Is a Wise Investment

Early education helps prepare children to succeed in school and in life. This fact sheet summarizes the beneifts of Prekindergarten.

Expose the Truth: Toolkit on Using State Consumer Protection Laws to Document the Deceptive Practices of Crisis Pregnancy Centers

What are CPCs and How Do They Deceive Women? Across the country, "crisis pregnancy centers" (CPCs) pretend they want to help women facing an unexpected pregnancy. But that's not the truth. Their real goal is to convince women not to have an abortion. Some honest CPCs explain to women that this is their goal. But many others don't. What You Can Do To Help Stop the Deceptive Practices of CPCs? File a complaint! 

Contraceptive Coverage in the Health Care Law: What’s New as of August 1, 2012?

On August 1, 2012, provisions in the health care law requiring insurance companies to cover contraceptives with no co-pay went into effect.  In the next few years, as an increasing number of health plans come under the law’s reach, more and more women will have access to all of the FDA-approved forms of contraception with no co-pay. This means that eventually all women with private insurance will get the full range of FDA-approved birth control methods, including oral contraception (the pill), injectables, the ring, contraceptive implants, diaphragms, cervical caps, and non-surgical permanent contraceptives without paying a co-payment or having the costs applied to her deductible.*  Sterilization for women is also covered with no co-pay or deductible.

(For more information on contraceptive coverage and coverage of preventive health services generally, please see Contraceptive Coverage in the Health Care Law: Frequently Asked Questions.)