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 Opill.
American women are facing ongoing attacks on their bodily autonomy, so the Biden administration is trying to make life easier and more affordable. The ACAAffordable Care Act made history by forcing companies to cover prescribed contraceptives, but millions of women are still being forced to foot the bill. This new rule will ensure women don't break the bank just because they need reproductive medicine.
Given that the ACAAffordable Care Act already subsidizes contraceptives for those who can least afford itthem, there's absolutely no need to expand this coverage further. Besides the negative economic consequences, there are moral violationsconcerns related to forcing companies to cover birth control. Liberal US bureaucrats have to stop forcing their anti-fertility agenda on the rest of America.