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Eliminating Contraceptive Copays Is in Insurers’ Interest: View
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Should health insurance companies be required to cover the entire range of birth-control services, and do so in full -- no copayments, no deductibles?
A panel of the Institute of Medicine, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, has recommended that the Department of Health and Human Services adopt this mandate. On Monday, Kathleen Sebelius, the HHS secretary, raised the ire of cultural conservatives and fiscal watchdogs by requiring insurers to fully cover contraceptives starting next August.