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Preventive Services, Including Contraceptive Coverage, Under the Health Care Law

The health care law requires new health plans to cover certain preventive services. This means that, as an increasing number of health plans come under the law’s reach over the next few years, more and more people will have access to a wide range of preventive services without co-payments, deductibles, or co-insurance. This is especially important to women, who are more likely than men to avoid needed health care, including preventive care, because of cost. This requirement is a huge step forward for women’s health.

Use our information and tools to find out more about preventive services in the health care law and if your health plan covers the women’s preventive services without a co-payment, deductible, or co-insurance or when that coverage will begin:

Getting the Coverage You Deserve: What to Do If You Are Charged a Co-Payment, Deductible, or Co-Insurance for a Preventive Service

If you had trouble getting one of the preventive services covered and you are unsure why, let us know. We might be able to help. Please contact us at 1-866-PILL4US or via email at pill4us@nwlc.org.

Challenges to Contraceptive Coverage

Opponents of contraception are trying to take away contraceptive coverage for millions of women -- they don't want you covered, and we can't let them win!  Even though 335,000 houses of worship are exempt from the health care law’s contraceptive coverage requirement, opponents of contraception aren't giving up.  They've launched a full-court press to try to overturn this crucial policy entirely. They've filed court cases, they're pressuring politicians and they're taking to the airwaves and editorial pages in a coordinated effort to take contraceptive coverage away from women who need it to protect their health and the health of their families.

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