US Pres. Joe Biden's administration is proposing a new rule that would require health insurance companies to cover over-the-counter (OTC) birth control at no cost, including the morning-after (Plan B) pill, spermicides, and condoms.US Pres. Joe Biden's administration is proposing a new rule that would require health insurance companies to cover over-the-counter (OTC) birth control, including the morning-after (Plan B) pill, spermicides, and condoms with no copay.
While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires prescribed pills and some prescribed condoms to be covered, women currently pay upwards of $50 for a pack of Plan B pills and $20 per month for the recently approved OTC drug called Opill.While the Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires prescribed pills and some prescribed condoms to be covered, women currently pay upwards of $50 for a pack of Plan B pills, and $20 per month for the recently approved OTC drug Opill.
At a moment when American women faceare growingfacing ongoing attacks on their right to bodily autonomy, so the Biden adminstrationadministration is simply trying to make life easier and more affordable. WhileThe the ACA made history by forcing companies to cover prescribed constraceptivescontraceptives, but millions of women whoare don'tstill havebeing prescriptions are forced to foot the bill. TheseThis new rulesrule arewill meant to ensure women don't break the bank just because they need reproductive medicine.
Given that the ACA already subsidizes contraceptives for those who can least afford it, there's is absolutely no need to expand this coverage any further. Besides the negative economic consequences to forcing such an expansion, there are serious moral violations whenrelated it comes to forcing companies to cover birth control. Liberal US bureaucrats have to stop forcing their anti-fertility agenda on the rest of America.